What does "Fully Vaccinated" Mean?
Updated booster rollouts to target new omicron and delta subvariants of the COVID-19 virus could soon change what it means to be “fully vaccinated.” As of October 2022, the CDC still considers fully vaccinated to mean two weeks after their second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer series or two weeks after the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
Defining Fully Vaccinated
According to the CDC and Mayo Clinic, individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after the second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine Moderna or Pfizer) is administered two weeks after the second dose of the Novavax vaccine and two weeks after the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. The first chart illustrates the vaccine schedule timeline for most non-immunocompromised people, and the second the timeline for immunocompromised people.
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