{"id":1047887,"date":"2021-08-18T09:46:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T14:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1047887"},"modified":"2021-08-19T10:15:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:15:54","slug":"east-texas-health-officials-recommend-booster-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1047887","title":{"rendered":"East Texas health officials recommend booster shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/nethealthnortheasttexas-2-175x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"103\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1048151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/nethealthnortheasttexas-2-175x103.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/nethealthnortheasttexas-2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER &#8211; The CDC has recommended that those who are immunocompromised to get a booster shot. According to our news partner KETK, U.S. health officials could announce as early as this week that everyone can get a booster shot. Some vaccinated East Texans have said they would consider getting a booster. Health officials are expected to say the booster shot should be given eight months after receiving the second vaccine. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been discussion about booster shots for a while now and at what point we may want a booster to get that extra immunity a booster can provide,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d George Roberts, the CEO of NET Health, said.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Right now, federal health officials have already approved administering COVID booster shots to those with weakened immune systems. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Two doses of either Pfizer or Moderna or one dose of Johnson and Johnson, while you still may contract COVID-19, your course will not nearly be as severe as someone who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unvaccinated,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>Booster shots can start as early as mid-to-late September once the FDA formally approves the vaccine. Medical experts have said that the COVID-19 vaccine is still protective against serious illness and death, but not against mild cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8211; The CDC has recommended that those who are immunocompromised to get a booster shot. According to our news partner KETK, U.S. health officials could announce as early as this week that everyone can get a booster shot. Some vaccinated East Texans have said they would consider getting a booster. Health officials are expected &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1047887\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">East Texas health officials recommend booster shot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1047892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/nethealthnortheasttexas-2-175x103.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"East Texas health officials recommend those with weaker immune systems get booster shot","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1047887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 23:15:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/nethealthnortheasttexas-2-175x103.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"East Texas health officials recommend those with weaker immune systems get booster shot","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1047887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048152,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1047887\/revisions\/1048152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1047892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1047887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1047887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1047887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}