OR NM; D'OH! ?
Posted on 03/01/2024 1:18:28 PM PST by CedarDave
The New Mexico Department of Health is encouraging people 65 or older to get an updated dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new recommendation.
Immunocompromised people can already receive additional doses, per previous CDC recommendations.
NMDOH Chief Medical Officer Miranda Durham said most COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations last year were in the 65-plus demographic.
“An additional vaccine dose can provide added protection that may have decreased over time for those at highest risk,” Durham said in Thursday news release.
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Sorry about your sister. Hope she’s OK.
I live in a senior complex and the only person I know who had covid had every shot and booster. She had covid 4 times, once quite seriously. I was shopping for her, leaving food at the door. She’s fine now thank goodness.
My MD, who did not go to med school in the US where schools are funded by Big Pharma, thought I didn’t need a vax.
I’ll let La Gobernadora have mine. My shots come in glasses.
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