Who can get a booster shot now? Are kids eligible for boosters (or 3rd doses of vaccine)? When should we get boosted?
谁现在可以打加强针？孩子是否有资格接种加强针（或第 3 剂疫苗）？我们什么时候应该打加强针？
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is the only Covid-19 vaccine authorized for children as young as 5 years old. Anyone age 5 and up who got a 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccine at least 5 months ago can now get a booster shot (or 3rd dose) of vaccine.
辉瑞/BioNTech 疫苗是唯一获准用于年满 5 岁儿童的新冠疫苗。至少 5 个月前接种过第二剂辉瑞疫苗的 5 岁及以上的人现在可以接种加强针（或第三剂）。
The US Food and Drug Administration issued a statement saying 2nd doses of the vaccine eventually wane. The FDA said 3rd doses boosted antibody levels.
美国食品和药物管理局 (FDA) 发表声明称，第二剂疫苗最终会失效。FDA 说第三剂提高了抗体水平。
Even though Covid-19 tends to be less severe among children, “the omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized, and children may also experience longer term effects, even following initially mild disease,” FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf said in the written statement.
尽管新冠肺炎在儿童中往往不那么严重，但“奥密克戎疫情已使更多儿童患病并住院，儿童也可能经历更长期的影响，甚至在最初的轻微疾病之后，”FDA 专员Robert M. Califf博士在书面声明中说。
“Vaccination continues to be the most effective way to prevent COVID-19 and its severe consequences, and it is safe,” Califf said. “If your child is eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and has not yet received their primary series, getting them vaccinated can help protect them from the potentially severe consequences that can occur, such as hospitalization and death.”
“接种疫苗仍然是预防新冠肺炎及其严重后果的最有效方法，而且它是安全的，”Califf 说。“如果您的孩子有资格接种辉瑞-BioNTech新冠肺炎疫苗，并且尚未接种它们的主要疫苗系列，那么让他们接种疫苗有助于保护他们免受可能发生的潜在严重后果，例如住院和死亡。”
The recommended gap between 2nd doses and booster doses of the Pfizer vaccine has been shortened – from 6 months to 5 months, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in January.
美国疾病控制和预防中心 (CDC) 在1 月份宣布，辉瑞疫苗的第二剂和加强剂之间的推荐间隔已从 6 个月缩短至 5 个月。
Those who got the 2-dose Moderna vaccine should get a booster shot 6 months after the second dose, the CDC said.
CDC 表示，接种 2 剂 Moderna疫苗的人应在第二剂后 6 个月进行加强注射。
And those who got the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine should get a booster shot after 2 months.
那些接种了强生单剂疫苗的人应该在 2 个月后进行加强注射。
For booster shots, you don’t have to get the same brand of vaccine that you got for your initial vaccination. The FDA has said it’s OK to mix and match brands for the booster dose.
对于加强注射，您不必接种与初次接种相同品牌的疫苗。FDA 表示可以混合和匹配不同品牌的加强剂量。
Some immunocompromised people ages 12 and older and all adults ages 50 and up can now get a 4th dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.
部分12 岁及以上免疫功能低下的人和所有 50 岁及以上的成年人现在可以接种第 4 剂辉瑞/BioNTech 或 Moderna 疫苗。
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