Best to get new booster before Halloween, White House COVID coordinator Dr. Jha says

Best to get new booster before Halloween, White House COVID coordinator Dr. Jha says

To optimize protection ahead of another pandemic winter, White House COVID coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said Friday people should consider getting the newly-updated COVID-19 booster before Halloween. The sooner the better, Jha said, urging people to get a booster between mid-September and mid-October, “but no later than the end of October for maximum protection” ahead … Read more

Get your omicron-specific Covid booster by Halloween, says Dr. Jha: ‘You don’t want to be that person who gives it to your grandma’

Get your omicron-specific Covid booster by Halloween, says Dr. Jha: ‘You don’t want to be that person who gives it to your grandma’

Dr. Ashish Jha has an easy-to-remember deadline for when you should get the new omicron-specific booster shot: Halloween. “Why Halloween? Because three weeks after Halloween is Thanksgiving, and there’s a lot of travel, and you’re seeing family, and you’re seeing friends — and a few weeks later, it’s the holidays,” Jha, the White House’s Covid … Read more