“When should I get a booster shot for Covid?”
I am a very, very young active 80 year old. I had my Moderna vaccinations on 1/11/21 and 2/10/21. I tested positive for Covid the first week in October 2021 (mild) and got the Monoclonal Antibody shot late that week...fast recovery. I'm planning to travel for work soon and wanted to know how soon I can safely take the booster shot?
Male | 80 years old
Medications: Eliquis/Metoprolo/Rosuvstatin/Lisinopril
Conditions: High blood pressure and A Fib
4 Answers
The booster is due 6 months after your second shot of vaccine. So, technically since you had your second injection of the Covid vaccine in February, it was due in August of 2021. Therefore, your booster is due now. Try and get the same brand you had with your initial series, either Moderna or Pfizer. I don’t recommend the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. It’s less effective than the others and has caused clotting disorders. Though this side effect was extremely rare, I don’t recommend it.
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Have a safe and Happy New Year. Wear your mask, wash your hands, and keep antibacterial hand gel with you and use it.
Dr. Anna M. Duncan
I hope you have found my reply helpful!
Have a safe and Happy New Year. Wear your mask, wash your hands, and keep antibacterial hand gel with you and use it.
Dr. Anna M. Duncan
Take the booster as soon as is convenient.
John Froude
John Froude
My best and safest answer is to go to the cdc.gov or its cdc.org website about your particular conditions, age, and comorbid conditions and whether antibody testing is appropriate or not.
Be well,
Brent Reinheimer, MD
Be well,
Brent Reinheimer, MD
Recent studies show that breakthrough infection or prior infection followed by vaccination most likely provides you excellent and long term immunity making the need for another booster quite questionable.
