How to Get Sufficient Doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine When You Have a Rheumatic Disease Like RA
People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised are at higher risk for serious complications if they're infected with COVID-19. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these folks not stop at two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna mRNA vaccines, but instead consider their primary series to be three doses — plus all recommended boosters, including the new one released this fall.This group, which includes people on medications commonly used for rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA), remains vulnerable to being severely sickened by COVID-19 even after they’ve had their two shots, the agency said.The CDC now recommends that everyone get the most recently formulated booster dose of an mRNA vaccine, which has been updated to target the currently circulating omicron variants…