Episode 50: 50th Episode Milestone

Season 1, Episode 50,   Jun 10, 2022, 03:00 PM


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50th Episode Milestone


Q1: What are the best practices for living with COVID-19? 

  • Getting vaccinated and boosted is the best way to protect ourselves from the risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death. 
  • Monitor the spread of the virus in your community.
  • Follow local public health partners who inform residents about COVID-19 trends in their areas. 
  • If you have underlying medical conditions, are immunocompromised, or live with someone who is, consider minimizing time in indoor gatherings and wearing a highest quality mask in indoor public settings.
  • And if you are at high risk, consider making a plan now for how you will get tested and receive treatment in case you get COVID. 


Q2: What is the latest information on booster eligibility for children 5-11? 

The Federal Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup recently authorized a single booster dose of the pediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11.


That means:

  • Children ages 5 through 11 who are not immunocompromised should get a booster dose at least five months after receiving the second dose in their primary vaccine series.
  • Children ages 5 through 11 who are immunocompromised (and who have received a third primary series dose) should get a booster dose at least three months after receiving the third dose in their primary vaccine series.

Boosters have been shown to increase antibodies against Omicron in children 5–11 to 36 times the level they had after the second dose. 

But you can’t get a booster until you’ve gotten a vaccination so it’s really important is to get that primary vaccine series to kids who haven’t had it yet.

Q3: What is the latest information on when vaccines may become available for children for under 5?

We don’t have a date just yet but we do know that the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to meet June 15 to consider requests for an Emergency Use Authorization, or EUA, for children under 5. So we expect to learn more sometime later this month.



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