New COVID vaccines have arrived at some pharmacies in the Bay Area, with the updated shots targeting the new variant that fueled a summer surge.
Timing was crucial for some patients receiving the new vaccine. Residents in the East Bay were one of the first people to receive the newer COVID-19 vaccine.'So far so good, no reaction,' Pascal Kouromenos, who received the vaccine on Wednesday, told CBS News Bay Area.The CVS Pharmacy along the 1400 block of Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley was one of the first few pharmacies nationwide to have received the newest shipment.
While many people have moved on from COVID-19, wastewater levels have been very high in California for months. Getting vaccinated is not so much a luxury, but a matter of life or death for those who are immunocompromised.'The COVID vaccine, the new high-tech MRNA vaccines, take advantage of our immune system and the immune memory to help you fight COVID. However, you do need an intact or relatively intact immune system to actually be able to take advantage of this fully,' Dr.
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