When should one receive the booster after having COVID?
You can get boosted as early as 10 days after infection and should get boosted within 30 days if at all possible.
— Eva Aagaard, MD, interim director of Occupational Health, and Steven Lawrence, MD, infectious diseases specialist
Why are we still requiring masks when we are all vaccinated?
A decision to change the masking requirement will depend on the level of community transmission, which is currently high. Also, the omicron variant has the ability to infect those who are fully vaccinated and boosted, although they are very unlikely to become seriously ill. This means that they can get and spread COVID-19.
When community transmission is lower, we will be able to pull back masking requirements. As long as there are isolation and quarantine requirements for cases, we want to create a work environment where transmission is extremely unlikely.
— Eva Aagaard, MD, interim director of Occupational Health, and Steven Lawrence, MD, infectious diseases specialist
Many immune compromised patients received boosters in early to mid-fall 2021. Is it recommended to get an additional booster in 2022? If so, how many months between boosters?
Right now there are no additional recommendations from the CDC for a second booster.
— Eva Aagaard, MD, interim director of Occupational Health, and Steven Lawrence, MD, infectious diseases specialist