{"id":426667,"date":"2024-12-03T05:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T05:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=426667"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"When-s-Best-Time-for-Your-COVID-Booster-That-May-Depend-on-You","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/When-s-Best-Time-for-Your-COVID-Booster-That-May-Depend-on-You\/","title":{"rendered":"When&#8217;s Best Time for Your COVID Booster? That May Depend on You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h2><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Timing is important in getting a COVID booster<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Getting the jab a couple of months before a COVID wave can maximize protection<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>People who time their booster can get up to fourfold improved protection<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) &#8212; Folks might want to try timing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthday.com\/a-to-z-health\/public-health\/covid-2665435130.html\">COVID-19<\/a> booster vaccine to coincide with a period of increased transmission in their area, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n<p>Doing so can improve protection against COVID infection as much as fourfold compared to getting the jab when the coronavirus isn\u2019t spreading as much, researchers report in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cid\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/cid\/ciae559\/7908586?searchresult=1\">Clinical Infectious Diseases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTiming is everything when it comes to COVID-19 boosters,\u201d lead researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/ysph.yale.edu\/profile\/jeffrey-townsend\/\">Jeffrey Townsend<\/a>, a professor of biostatistics at the Yale School of Public Health, said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur research shows that receiving your booster shot at the right time can make a significant difference in your protection against infection,\u201d he said. \u201cBy tailoring booster schedules to local COVID-19 patterns, we can help ensure people are best protected when they need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Results show that receiving a booster in September or October provides three to four times more protection against infection in the U.S., compared to shots given later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>For example, New Yorkers can get the best protection by getting their booster on Sept. 15, the study found. Waiting until January reduces its effectiveness by 3.6-fold.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally, booster shots should precede peak COVID periods by just under three months, the study found. That gives the shot a chance to maximize protection just as the virus starts to circulate, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>Delaying booster shots also might be best for people who experience a breakthrough COVID infection despite being vaccinated, researchers added. This is especially true if their infection occurs late in the year, at the height of the cold and flu season.<\/p>\n<p>If a breakthrough infection occurs around the time someone has a scheduled booster, they might want to consider delaying it by several months to optimize their immunity, researchers said.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers noted that these findings are particularly important for people at high risk for severe COVID, including the elderly and patients with compromised immune systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/covid\/vaccines\/stay-up-to-date.html\">COVID vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Yale School of Public Health, news release, Nov. 26, 2024<\/p>\n<p><h2><strong>What This Means For You<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>People should talk with their doctor about the best time to get their COVID vaccine booster.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/fd13e54b9fbf74d6fdead57f596d5220.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>vaccine covid coronavirus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways Timing is important in getting a COVID booster Getting the jab a couple&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23812],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}