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Hey, Doc: Could the 2023–2024 cold and flu season finally be the calm after the storm?

Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 729-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23088
Sherif Beniameen Mossad
Department of Infectious Diseases, Section of Transplant Infectious Diseases, Integrated Hospital Care Institute, and Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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    Guidance for the 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccines for people age 12 and older

    Immune statusVaccines received previouslyWhat to give now
    Not moderately or severely immunocompromisedNone1 dose of Moderna, or
    2 doses of Novavax, or
    1 dose of Pfizer
    1 or more doses of any messenger RNA vaccine, or
    1 or more doses of Novavax or Jannssen, including in combination with any original monovalent or bivalent COVID-19 vaccine doses
    1 dose of Moderna, or
    1 dose of Novavax, or
    1 dose of Pfizer
    Moderately or severely immunocompromisedNone3 doses of Moderna, or
    2 doses of Novavax, or
    3 doses of Pfizer
    1 dose of any Moderna2 doses of Moderna
    2 doses of any Moderna1 dose of Moderna
    1 dose of any Pfizer2 doses of Pfizer
    2 doses of any Pfizer1 dose of Pfizer
    3 or more doses of any messenger RNA vaccine, or
    1 or more doses of Novavax or Jannssen, including in combination with any original monovalent or bivalent COVID-19 vaccine doses
    1 dose of Moderna, or
    1 dose of Novavax, or
    1 dose of Pfizer
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