COVID-19 Booster Shots Coming Available

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The new COVID booster is hitting pharmacy stores in Michigan. Dr. John Brooks, an infectious disease expert at McLaren Health, says the new booster will protect against the latest COVID variants, like the highly contagious Omicron. So how often will we need to get COVID boosters? Brooks says it’s still not clear.

“When we look at influenza, we do that on a yearly basis because it’s a virus that mutates at a certain rate and goes through the population. The question is will once a year be enough? It might be. It all depends on what goes on with COVID at it goes through the next change that it’s going through.”

The latest shots have not yet been made available to health departments, but are free at the pharmacies.