Dr. Hotez: Even If Boosted You Could Get Symptomatic Break-Through Covid Going Through Airports

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HOTEZ: "Well, it really depends on what kind of personal situation you're in and your risk of getting severe breakthrough of Covid. So, for instance, if you're immunocompromised — first of all, if you've only gotten two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, even though that officially counts as fully-vaccinated, we know that its impact on breakthrough symptomatic illness is close to zero, not much better. Better for serious illness, but you still need to get boosted I think if you want to travel safely. And even if you're boosted you have to face the possibility that you could get symptomatic breakthrough illness going through airports and going on Ubers. And so, if you're immunocompromised or if you're over the age of 75, 80, I would think twice about traveling at this point, with the hope that this peak may not last as long as previous ones because they are going down now in the U.K. and South Africa, so potentially if you could hold off for a few weeks that might be the more prudent thing to do."