{"id":7590,"date":"2022-09-14T16:58:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T16:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=7590"},"modified":"2022-09-14T17:06:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:06:55","slug":"who-is-eligible-for-the-second-covid-19-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/who-is-eligible-for-the-second-covid-19-booster\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Eligible for the Second Covid-19 Booster ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Covid-vaccines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7593 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Covid-vaccines-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Covid-19 vaccines remain highly effective in preventing severe disease and hospitalizations. However, it is believed that the effectiveness of a Covid-19 vaccine tends to decrease over time. A booster is recommended to help maintain a strong level of protection against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a person\u2019s age and medical history are used to determine how many vaccines and boosters are appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>For the most up-to-date CDC recommendations on Covid-19 vaccines and boosters, follow this link to the CDC website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/stay-up-to-date.html%23recommendations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/stay-up-to-date.html#recommendations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CDC recommends all who are eligible to get the booster. If you would like to schedule an appointment with a physician at Flushing Hospital Medical Center, please call 718-670-5486.<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 vaccines remain highly effective in preventing severe disease and hospitalizations. However, it is believed that the effectiveness of a Covid-19 vaccine tends to decrease over time. A booster is recommended to help maintain a strong level of protection against &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/who-is-eligible-for-the-second-covid-19-booster\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7595,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7590\/revisions\/7595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}