3rd dose of COVID vaccination for moderately to severely immunocompromised people:  The CDC is recommending that people with moderately to severely compromised systems receive an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine at least 28 days after a second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. 

The CDC is defining moderately to severely immunocompromised people who have:

• Been receiving active cancer treatment for tumors or cancers of the blood.
• Received an organ transplant and are taking medicine to suppress the immune system.
• Received a stem cell transplant within the last 2 years or are taking medicine to suppress the immune system.
• Moderate to severe primary immunodeficiency (such as DiGeorge syndrome, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome).
• Advanced or untreated HIV infection.
• Active treatment with high-dose corticosteroids or other drugs that may suppress your immune system.

Please call the Gothenburg Health clinic to schedule your appointment if you meet these recommendations: 308-537-4066. 

Health and Human Services has announced a plan to begin offering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to the general population this fall, but those guidelines are still evolving.  Please look to GH for those recommendations once they become available. 

For more information, please visit this CDC site:  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html