“Doctors say that people who did not get the previous coronavirus booster should get the new shot. The same goes for older people who might be especially vulnerable to a bad case of COVID-19. Some doctors say healthy younger people, if they decide to get the shot, might want to wait a bit so that protection is high around the winter holidays when cases have risen in the last three years.
“Coronavirus vaccines tend to increase protective antibodies against mild infections for a relatively short period. But they also strengthen the body’s longer-term defenses against serious illness.”
Laurie McGinley and Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post, New coronavirus vaccine shots are on the way. Here’s what to know.