While the cases and hospitalizations are climbing, Dr. Steven Burdette of Miami Valley Hospital said patients are “almost exclusively unvaccinated.”
CNN reported Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to announced it will authorize a vaccine booster for people who are immunocompromised who received the two-dose Moderna and Pfizer series.
It is not clear if the authorization would apply to specific medical conditions.
“Right now the data is continuing to show that the vaccines, including J&J, are providing substantial and excellent protection against severe illness with the disease,” Vanderhoff said. “Getting something unnecessarily is not something I’d recommend.”
Burdette said he’s heard of people getting boosters if they were vaccinated outside of the U.S., but warned that mixing vaccines has an increased risk of reactions at the injection site.
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