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Either vaccinated or unvaccinated because they can still be shedding the virus. >> the next viewer question comes to us from rebecca in houston, texas. my son's in high school, he got his first vaccine 32 days ago without knowing that he'd already contracted covid three days prior. he has recovered from covid, but now he is past due for a second vaccine. does his first vaccine still count? should he get the second vaccine now or wait a few weeks. dr. blackstock, what do you recommend for a backup? >> that's an interesting case, and i would recommend he get the second dose now. the three and fo...

Previous variants. so what you'd like to do is to make sure you can get the children to get masks that are as best fitting as they can, but a requirement for a kn95 on the child isn't necessary and in fact, often that's much more uncomfortable than the masks you're showing on the screen right now, which actually might work against you if you have an uncomfortable mask that the children have trouble keeping on and keep messing with. so i think the masks you saw look like they would be adequate. >> our next viewer question is about testing in school. our viewer says our district has decided not ...

Answer some of these questions. our first viewer comes is from larry in new york city. larry's asking what is the downside to offering boosters to all even if it's not totally proven that it may be absolutely necessary? dr. blackstock, is there a downside? >> some of the safety data that has been observed so far on people receiving a third dose shows most of the adverse effects are similar to the effects after the first or second dose. injection site pain. headaches. some fatigue. typically those symptoms, but i think it's very important that we wait for the fda to make their decision because ...

I don't want to take any chances with moderna getting on board. i was vaccinated early and am over 65. what do we know about this? >> i would advise maryland to wait for the moderna data. that is what the fda is waiting for currently. they have what looks like enough data for pfizer to make a recommendation, but for moderna, they don't have such because they received ua approval much later than pfizer. so i would caution maryland about going out and getting a pfizer vaccine and waiting for the moderna day to return. >> dr. lahita, this viewer question is one we've gotten quite a few times rece...

Two to three shots. both of the shots have adverse reaction for some like headache, fever, muscle aches. i'm advising her patients to get the flu shot right away, when it comes out, then wait two to three weeks to get the booster shot if the booster shot is available and recommended by the fda. >> our next viewer question is another one we've been getting a lot. this is deb. do we have any updates on a johnson & johnson booster? dr. blackstock, we've heard a lot about the boosters for the mrna vaccines, but what about the jnj shot? 18 million americans got that one. >> i know. this is always t...