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fakeittil_youmakeit t1_jdjbodw wrote

Reply to comment by PHealthy in What happened to the old COVID variants, like Delta? Could they come back? by number1dork

Question for you - I couldn't get the most recent booster due to some health issues at the time. I'm doing much better now and could probably be in a good enough place to do it in the next couple of months or so, at that point, is it even worth it or will the serotypes have changed so much it's not effective anymore? If that's the case are there going to be annual boosters and should I just wait for the next one in October or something? TIA!

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Tephnos t1_jdk617u wrote

You should still get the bivalent booster now if you can. In the US, it is based off of BA.5, which isn't too far removed from the current circulating XBB 1.5 and BQ1.1 strains.

It is likely that later this year we'll get an updated booster again, possibly targeting XBB if it still sticks around.

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