President Biden urged eligible adults to get a Covid-19 booster shot, and said he would soon do the same, following the endorsement of that move Friday by the CDC.
process in which top administration health officials in August announced a plan to start giving boosters this week before the career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration and the CDC had reviewed the data. But the officials said data from Israel and the United Kingdom showed troubling signs of protection waning, particularly in the elderly, and there was a need to act quickly.
The CDC said that people over the age of 65 and nursing home residents should get a booster six months after their second dose, along with those 50 to 64 years old who have an underlying medical condition. Those 18 to 49 with underlying medical conditions or who are at an increased risk because of an occupational or institutional setting"may" get a shot.
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