Some People Can Wait to Get the New Covid Shot
Delaying vaccination until October could help extend protection through the winter.
Time for another shot.
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The latest Covid vaccines from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. are hitting US pharmacy shelves, raising a now-perennial fall question: Will anyone bother getting them?
In theory, the updated Covid shots couldn’t come at a better time. The US is dealing with yet another summer surge, which in some parts of the country looked a lot closer in magnitude (by wastewater data standards, at least) to our last two winter outbreaks. The rising numbers have been driven by a combination of new variants and the public’s waning immunity, with an assist from an inordinately hot summer that drove many people indoors.