People who are immunocompromised, such as transplant recipients, cancer patients and people with HIV, are now eligible to get a third coronavirus shot in an effort to boost their immune response, the CDC and FDA announced.
People who are immunocompromised, such as transplant recipients, cancer patients and people with HIV, are now eligible to get a third coronavirus shot in an effort to boost their immune response, the CDC and FDA announced. “It’s great news. In many ways it feels like Christmas in August,” said John Nucci, former Boston city councilor and kidney transplant recipient. Nucci added, “Hopefully this will get us back to normal life sooner than later.” Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously to recommend the third shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for immunocompromised patients Friday afternoon, which followed a Thursday night authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky then signed the recommendation, saying, “At a time when the Delta variant is surging, an additional vaccine dose for some people with weakened immune systems could help prevent serious and possibly life-threatening COVID-19 cases within this population.
