ere have been many reports of people having trouble scheduling an appointment for their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This can lead to a delay getting fully vaccinated, but how long can you wait between getting your first and second doses? And what happens if your appointment gets scheduled before the waiting period between shots is up?
The short answer is yes, it is OK if you have to wait a little longer than the recommended time between the two vaccine doses. It’s also OK if your appointment for your second COVID-19 vaccination is scheduled a few days before the waiting period is over.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends health care providers give the second dose of the Moderna vaccine four weeks after the first shot. Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are supposed to be given three weeks apart, according to the CDC.
To verify, we looked at the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trials, a new study from the United Kingdom, and consulted with Dr. Larry Corey, a nationally renowned vaccine expert at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center who is coordinating all of the vaccine trials in the U.S.
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