booster eligibility

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In reading current guidelines for booster eligibility I see the following:"people 18 through 64 years of age at high risk of severe illness from the coronavirus".

On the CDC web site under the tab Your Health is the following bullet point: " People of any age with the conditions listed below are more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19."

Among those conditions listed are these two; 1.Having heart conditions such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, and possibly high blood pressure (hypertension). and 2.Being a current or former cigarette smoker

Am I correct in assuming anyone 18-49 with high blood pressure or anyone 18-49 declaring they are FORMER smokers are eligible for boosters?

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html

[Quakerfriend]

1. Yes. And, btw, they will not ask what your high risk condition happens to be.

[LisaL]

2. I presume it depends on the policy of a particular pharmacy.

Anyhow, the list covers a lot of conditions. So people who want to get boosted should be able to get boosted.

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3. That's my take on it.

[Lochloosa]

4. Get it. Most pharmacy's don't ask and frankly don't care.

My pharmacists offered the Moderna "booster" to me a few weeks ago. I got it. I assume it was a full dose.

[LizBeth]

5. End of Nov will be my 8 mo. I had really started considering my booster. So 60 and smoker can get me

the booster now? I was reading a thread on people getting booster and was going to ask about me betting it so thanks for this thread. I didn't go into the article, guess that could serve me well too, to read it. Thanks.

[LisaL]

6. Smoking makes you a high risk for covid.

High risk for covid are eligible for boosters.

[LizBeth]

7. Thanks LisaL

[treestar]

8. And if it is treated

does it still count? High Blood Pressure that is treated gives you acceptable blood pressure levels.

[Mossfern]

9. Got my Moderna 'booster' yesterday.

I just walked into the County vaccination site with my vaccination card and the 'greeter' at the entrance just asked "Here for your booster?" Easy peasy. Maybe it helped because I let my hair go silver during Covid lockdown? I have heart issues anyway - lost about 10-15% of muscle from a massive MI over 25 years ago. I still have the coronary artery aneurysm that caused it originally.

I asked the injector whether I was getting a full dose or half dose - her response was "Who wouldn't want a full dose!"
Information around the booster is really confusing.