WEBVTT X-TIMESTAMP-MAP=LOCAL:00:00:00.000,MPEGTS:63000 1 00:00:00.340 --> 00:00:05.320 The FDA authorized a second booster for the COVID vaccines 2 00:00:05.321 --> 00:00:09.080 developed by Moderna and Pfizer. And then several hours later, 3 00:00:09.340 --> 00:00:11.320 the CDC signed off on it. 4 00:00:11.500 --> 00:00:16.480 Health experts say these federal agencies may have put the 5 00:00:16.481 --> 00:00:21.350 pedal to the metal when it came to authorizing this vaccine because there has 6 00:00:21.351 --> 00:00:26.070 been talk about a potential next wave or surge of COVID cases from 7 00:00:26.210 --> 00:00:28.950 the BA.2 subvariant of the omicron variant. 8 00:00:34.440 --> 00:00:39.310 Those who are eligible to get a second COVID booster are people who are 50 9 00:00:39.311 --> 00:00:40.144 years old and older, 10 00:00:40.290 --> 00:00:45.020 and who received their first COVID booster shot four months 11 00:00:45.030 --> 00:00:46.980 prior. People who received the J&J vaccine, 12 00:00:47.301 --> 00:00:52.300 they're able to get a second booster along with the people who got the 13 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:54.980 mRNA vaccines. As of right now, 14 00:00:54.990 --> 00:00:59.820 there are no official recommendations on who should be getting a second 15 00:01:00.180 --> 00:01:02.970 COVID booster shot within the population that is eligible, 16 00:01:03.270 --> 00:01:07.690 but the CDC really urged those who are 65 and older, 17 00:01:08.430 --> 00:01:13.130 and those who are 50 and older and have underlying medical conditions to get 18 00:01:13.131 --> 00:01:13.964 this booster. 19 00:01:14.360 --> 00:01:19.130 There's very little data on a second COVID booster. 20 00:01:19.630 --> 00:01:24.520 Really what the FDA and the CDC were going off of was some little 21 00:01:24.710 --> 00:01:29.560 data in Israel that had showed that older people had benefited 22 00:01:29.590 --> 00:01:32.480 from a fourth shot or a second COVID booster. 23 00:01:32.530 --> 00:01:35.040 There is no really data on side effects. 24 00:01:35.180 --> 00:01:39.320 Health experts say they assume it would be very similar side effects to the 25 00:01:39.330 --> 00:01:40.480 first COVID booster, 26 00:01:40.481 --> 00:01:44.390 which would include fatigue and headache and muscle aches and pains. 27 00:01:44.850 --> 00:01:47.070 But so far, no safety concerns at the moment. 28 00:01:47.071 --> 00:01:52.070 Even though we do have two years under our belt with this virus, 29 00:01:52.250 --> 00:01:54.230 we still only have a year of the vaccine. 30 00:01:54.530 --> 00:01:58.510 So we don't know if there's a seasonality to this virus yet. 31 00:01:58.650 --> 00:02:02.870 We don't know how vaccines could play a role in that and if it should be a 32 00:02:02.870 --> 00:02:03.583 seasonal vaccine. 33 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:08.500 So most health experts speculate that vaccines will play a role in the future 34 00:02:08.920 --> 00:02:13.180 in terms of taking more boosters or maybe taking it, you know, 35 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:17.500 per year or something like that. But to what extent is still up in the air.