Randy, l can't find anything in the difference in naming the extra injection a third shot or a booster. it's used interchangeably. Did your Dr. tell you about the supposedly name of the third shot makes a difference, and a difference in what?
"But giving or getting a third dose before they are approved by the FDA may have legal consequences.
In Monday's ACIP meeting, Demetre Daskalakis, MD, who leads vaccine equity efforts at the CDC, cautioned that physicians who give extra doses of the vaccine before the FDA and CDC have signed off may be in violation of practitioner agreements with the federal government and might not be covered by the federal PREP Act. The PREP Act provides immunity from lawsuits for people who administer COVID-19 vaccines and compensates patients in the event of injury.
"Many of us gasped when he said that," Talbot said, "because that's a big deal."
The ACIP signaled that it is considering recommending boosters for a much narrower slice of the American population than the ***** administration has suggested."
They said that so far, the data only point to the need for boosters for seniors, who are the patients most likely to experience breakthrough infections that require hospitalization, and healthcare workers, who are needed now more than ever and cannot work if they're sick.
In a White House news briefing yesterday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, was asked about the ACIP's conclusions and whether she believed there were enough data to recommend booster shots for most Americans 8 months after their last dose.
"The ACIP did not review international data that actually has led us to be even more concerned about increased risk of vaccine effectiveness waning against hospitalization, severe disease, and death. They will be reviewing that as well," she said."
- medscape