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How long should I wait to get my booster after catching COVID-19?

How long should I wait to get my booster after catching COVID-19?
NEARLY 19%. BRITTA:NY WE KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING COVID. SOME OF THE MOST COMMON INCLUDE IF I CATCH COVID BEFORE MY BOOSTER, SHOULD I STILL GET MY BOOSTER? HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO WAIT TO GET MY BOOSTER AFTER CATCHING COVID? ANDR:EA ERIN HEFT CHECKED IN WITH LOCAL DOCTORS TO GET ANSWERS. ERIN: IN CALIFORNIA, 120 2000 PEOPLE ARE GETTING VACCINATED EVERY DAY. THAT IS ACCORDING TOHE T STATE. >> THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE TRYING TO STOP ALL COVID OR JUST TRYING TO STOP COVID THAT IS KILLING PEOPLE? I THINK THAT IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO BE WHAT WE NEED TO DO. ER:IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE PHYSICIAN VANESSA WALKER ANERSWING THE QUESTNSIO THE PUBLIC HAS NOW THAT MANY HAVE HAD COVID, HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, OR WILL CATCH IT. ONE QUESTION, IF I CAUTGH COVID AFTER MY ORIGILNA VACCINES BUT BEFORE MY BOOSTER, DO I HAVE TO WAIT TO GET BOOSTED? IF YOU ARE NO LONGER CONTAGIOUS, THE ANSWER IS NO. .DR WALKER: YOU ARE FEELING BETTER, OUTSIDE ISOLATION, GO GET BOOSTED. ERIN: YOU CAN NOW GET YOUR BOOSTER FIVE MONTHS AFTER YOUR LAST MODERNA OR PFIZER VACCINE IN TWO MONTHS AFTER YOUR JOHNSON & JOHNSON. DR. WALKER SAYS IF YOU CAN GET BOOSTED, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트™S A ODGO IDE BA,UT BOOSTED OR NOT, YOU CAN CATCH COVID STILL. DR. WALKER SAYS HER FAMILY IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE. DR. WALKER: AWFUL OF US, MY CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND AND I, GOT COVID AT THE EXACT SEAM TIME. MY HUSBAND IT바카라 게임 웹사이트™S BOOSTED AND MY KIDS ARE FULLY VACCINATED. IT STILL HIT OUR FAMILY. ERIN: A STUDY RECENTLYOU FND PEOPLE WITH THE BEST IMMUNITY TOWARD THE VIRUS HAVE SOMETHGIN CALLED HYBRID IMMUNITY, WHERE THEY WERE EITHER FULLY VACCINATED AND CAUGHT COVID ARE CAUGHT COVID AND THEN T GOTHERE VACCINES. THE ORDER DOES NOT MATTER, BUT HOW LONG THE HYBRID IMMUNITY, SCIENCE HAS YET TO PROVE. DR. WALKER: WE WILL NOT STOP PEOPLE FROM GETTING SICK. WE NDEE TO MAKE SUREF I THEY GET SICK, IT IS A COLD AND NOT A BIG DEAL AND THEY ARE NOT DYING. ERIN: WITH OUR VACCINES AND BOOSTERS, DOCTORS SAY SUPER-SPREADER EVENTS STILL CAN HAPPEN. DR. WALKER SAID SHE FEELS THE CORONAVIRUS WILL MOST LIKELY BE AMONG US INDEFINITELY, BUT NOT ATAN PDEMIC LEVELS, MORE UNDERLYING LIKE THE FLU. DR. WALKER: I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트™T SEE THIS IS GOING AWAY. INER: TO PROTECT YOURSELF, THE VACCINE IS OUR BEST OPTION. DR. WALKER: YOU MAY NOT BE AS PROTECTED AND CAN GET IT AGAIN
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How long should I wait to get my booster after catching COVID-19?
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Many people have had COVID-19, have it right now or will get it, health experts say. So, new questions around the virus and when vaccines are appropriate after becoming sick are now at the forefront.

Dr. Vanessa Walker, a pulmonary and critical care physician with the Pulmonary Medicine Associates in Sacramento, California, spoke to sister station KCRA 3 to answer those questions.

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Q: If you catch the virus after you have had your original vaccines, but before a booster, do you have to wait to get the booster?

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Q: How long do people have to wait between their last original dose of the vaccine and the booster?

Dr. Walker: "Five months for people who received both doses of either Pfizer or Moderna, and two months for those who received Johnson and Johnson."

Q: If you catch COVID-19 after having your original vaccine(s) do you need a booster?

Dr. Walker: "You may not be as protected after getting sick as you think you are and could get it again."

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Oregon Health and Science University found recent data proving those with the strongest immunity against COVID-19 are people who have 'hybrid immunity,' according to Dr. Walker.

Hybrid immunity is when a person is vaccinated and becomes ill with the virus, or when a person becomes ill with the virus and then becomes vaccinated. Those with hybrid immunity have shown great promise according to Dr. Walker; noting it does not matter in which order a person becomes 'hybrid immune.'

She does say, super-spreader events are still possible, vaccinated or not.

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