reminder that if you want to stock up on COVID-19 tests while they're still 'free', grab April's now and then May's before May 11 How to get your At-Home Over-The-Counter COVID-19 Te...
I need to go to CVS today, thanks for the reminder.
I presume the Medicare freebie tests (up to 8 per month) are also going to come to an end on May 11 or thereabouts
Yes, I think so.
I just got my covid booster yesterday! just in time it seems! 
that'll hold you for a bit, hopefully!
I just got a text from CVS telling me that the booster approved by the FDA on 4/19 is now available.
CoyotePace: yes! hopefully until the new booster comes out in the fall 
Pretty sure the 4/19 update was only a change in guidelines to recommend a second dose of the original bivalent booster for certain age groups. It’s still the same original/Omicron BA.4-BA.5, just a 2nd round. But yeah, there’s talk about them rolling the XBB variants into a new booster by fall .
I suppose I should follow SteveBob’s lead and get my second bivalent booster now, and see what happens later in the year
I'd heard this is a new booster. I'll check it out. I got my 2nd bivalent last fall sometime.
There’s a second bivalent booster? How did I miss that news?
CoyotePace sounds like you're right, and this is the 2nd booster, but they've amended who can get it.
Now I'm confused. I think that I've had two vaccines, two booster, and a bivalent booster. So this is the 2nd bivalent.
Yeah, 2nd dose of bivalent.
Apparently this one does an OK job against Omicron XBB which is apparently the dominant strain right now, but I’ll be happier when they tune it up specifically
Yeah
AlannaRobbiani: there will be in the fall! this is the same one they were rolling out around September 22
CoyotePace: you should get a second dose of this booster if you can. I got it because it's been 7 months since mine and I am about to travel internationally and be in several airports and airplanes and most people aren't masking anymore 😑😷
Agreed!
misscat: Oh, ok. I got the bivalent booster in October. I will wait until fall for the next one.
Yeah, the CDC advice on the second bivalent booster is really just for older folks and special cases. At the moment.
misscat: btw I took your advice after doing a bit more research,and went ahead and got my second bivalent shot on Saturday. Just the usual extra sleepiness for a day.
CoyotePace: excellent!! that should get you comfortably to the fall and the new formula (hopefully )
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so glad it was just a mild side effect 
Well, it’s still a dice roll but hopefully the dice are somewhat loaded now!
exactly 