The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Feb. 4 outlined an expected change to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule for people with weak immune systems and signaled that a different alteration is coming for the general population to try to cut the number of post-vaccination heart inflammation cases. The CDC told its vaccine advisory panel that it is planning to adjust guidanceĀ for people with compromised immune systems, a group that doesn’t respond as well to vaccines as the general population and is the only population that is advised to get four shots of the Moderna or Pfizer jabs, or the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. Current CDC guidance for the immunocompromised says they should receive three doses of an mRNA vaccine within two months, and get a fourth dose at least five months after the third dose. The revised schedule would recommend the population get that fourth shot as soon …
CDC Signals Changes to COVID-19 Vaccine Schedule, in Part to Address Heart Inflammation
February 6, 2022
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