The FDA and the CDC have approved a second bivalent booster (Pfizer or Moderna) for anyone over 65 and also anyone immunocompromised. I'm getting mine on Friday as a precaution. I recommend getting a prescription, because the emergency use authorization has expired, and you might need it for your insurance. If you have no insurance, I believe you can still get it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-omicron-booster-2nd-dose-older-adults-rcna79568
I was wondering about this happening. I am immunocompromised, albeit mildly and this will be number 6 for me.. Still masking up in public but not at work , with a few hours after-school teaching art. Still Covd Careful and still anxious. Hope my doctor agrees. Thanks for the info.
Also remaining vigilant, getting ready to head to NoLa for JazzFest (Infamous 2020 trip that got cancelled), and I bought some purple KN95s for the occasion! Even outside, if it's crowded, I mask up. My husband ridicules this, then again he caught Omicron in September because he refused to mask at a crowded semi-outdoor spot (Pike Place Market Seattle).
He still has minor issues - mostly inflammation related - higher blood sugars and blood pressure mostly.
@laura-f thanks for letting us know about the vaccine booster. And about getting a prescription so we don’t have to pay out of pocket if we have insurance. I too will get the booster. My Covid antibodies soared after the last vaccine and that felt good. Have finally come out of my pandemic shell and this will be good protection for me. I still haven’t gotten Covid and while many people have been okay with it, I have a brother who was sick for months afterwards with a painful sinus infection that would not quit.
@ghandigirl My spouse is not yet 65 but he was able to walk into the pharmacy today and get a booster on the grounds that he has sleep apnea. I think you'll be able to get a booster if you want.
I have asthma that can become severe and a history of pneumonia and other lung ailments. I literally begged for two of my boosters.
My boyfriend doesn't like when I mask up either. Too bad. I can't make my anxiety go away. At least with the mask I feel safer.
I had to beg a couple of times too. I usually just exaggerate. I have a large cluster of autoimmune diseases (including asthma). I usually say I have Lupus (I'm 2 diagnoses short, but "close enough for government work") and that I'm on meds that lower my immune system (big lie, sorry not sorry). Now I can add that my husband has an artificial heart valve.
I won't whip out my prescription unless necessary, but you might want to consider getting one too, "in case."