Are you due for a second COVID booster shot? Here's everything you need to know:
If you are 12 or older and received the Pfizer shots, the FDA says you can get your Pfizer booster five months after your second shot or three months after your “additional dose” if you are immunocompromised.
If you got Johnson & Johnson, the CDC recommends you wait two months after your initial J&J shot before getting a booster.If you got Pfizer initially and are immunocompromised, the CDC recommends waiting at least four weeks after your second dose before getting your third dose. If you got Johnson & Johnson initially and are immunocompromised, the CDC doesn’t recommend an “additional dose” the same way they do with the mRNA vaccines – but remember,adult who got Johnson & Johnson can get a booster dose of whichever COVID-19 vaccine they like two months after their first Johnson & Johnson shot.
The public health agency also said adults who received Johnson and Johnson as a primary vaccine and booster dose at least four months ago may now receive a second booster dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines.