Do I Need To Get Two Doses Of The COVID-19 Vaccine?
COVID-19Common questionDo I need to get two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine?The available data continue to support the use of two specified doses of each authorized vaccine at specified intervals. For the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the interval is 21 days between the first and second dose. And for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, the interval is 28 days between the first and second dose.
Is the COVID-19 vaccine a two shot process?
Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines require two shots. One Shot: If you get a COVID-19 vaccine that requires one shot, you are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after your shot. Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine only requires one shot.
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Should the COVID-19 booster shot be the same brand as the first and second doses?
Currently, the CDC doesn't have a "product preference" on one booster over the other -- noting that it's generally recommended to stick to the same brand for primary and second vaccine series, but people can choose whichever booster they'd like, or get the one available to them.
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What happens if you don't take the second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine?
Put simply: Not receiving the second vaccine increases your risk of contracting COVID-19.
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What is the effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine?
A few months later, in February, 2021, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was shown to provide strong protection to recipients in the real world, too; it was 94% effective against symptomatic disease (after two doses of the vaccine) in a study conducted in Israel—and published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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