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WELL, JANELLE, IF YOU WANT TO STAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, DOCTORS SAY THAT BOOSTER SHOTS ARE A REALLY GOOD WAY TO STRETCH THAT INITIAL, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO WINTER MONTHS. BUT SO FAR, LESS THAN A THIRD OF PENNSYLVANIANS OVERALL HAVE GOTTEN A BOOSTER. AND I THINK WE ARE JUST KIND OF SEEING BOOSTER FATIGUE. THERE’S NOT AS MUCH OF AN URGENCY. DR. JOHN GOLDMAN WITH THE UPMC SAYS THE GOOD NEWS FOR ANY FULLY VACCINATED PENNSYLVANIAN IS THAT YOU’RE MORE PROTECTED. YOU WOULD BE IF YOU HAD NO VACCINE. BUT GOLDMAN NOTES COVID BOOSTERS MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA. WE SPEND MORE TIME INDOORS LATER THIS FALL AND WINTER, ESPECIALLY BASED ON LAST YEAR’S TRENDS AROUND OCTOBER TO LATE NOVEMBER, THEY STARTED TO GO WAY UP AND PEAKED IN JANUARY OR SO. IT’S ALSO NOT A BAD TIME TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT EITHER, THOUGH, GOLDMAN WARNS YOU MAY NOT WANT TO GET YOUR COVID BOOSTER AND FLU SHOT AT THE SAME TIME. IF WORRIED ABOUT NOT FEELING WELL AFTERWARD, YOU RISK HAVING THE SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE FLU VACCINE TOO. AND SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE COVID VACCINE. I TELL PEOPLE CAN DO IT IF THEY HAVE A CHOICE TO WAIT 24, 48, 72 HOURS, GOLDMAN SAYS. WE’RE DEFINITELY MOVING TOWARD THE ENDEMIC WITH COVID 19. BUT UNTIL WE GET THAT POINT, WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE MUTATIONS INCLUDING THOSE THAT COULD MAKE THE VIRUS TO EVADE IMMUNITY, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE RIGHT NOW.