A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Friday voted 11–0 for additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for individuals who are immunocompromised. The decision applies to only those who have received two doses of the mRNA vaccines made by Moderna or Pfizer, not the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Immunocompromised people—including individuals who are solid organ transplant recipients, those with advanced HIV infections, those with certain chronic medical conditions like asplenia and chronic renal disease, certain cancer patients, and others—will not need a doctor’s note, prescription, or proof of their condition to receive the third shot, according to a presentation from the CDC (pdf). “We are not recommending that either prescriptions or a physician sign off, or be necessary for individuals to receive an additional dose of mRNA if they’re immunocompromised,” Dr. Kathleen Dooling, a member of the CDC advisory panel, said during the meeting. The immunocompromised are …