Why getting your COVID-19 booster shot in the arm as your original vaccine could raise your immunity against the virus | VERIFY
The new COVID-19 vaccine is now available in many pharmacies and medical offices and health officials from the CDC are recommending everyone 6 months and older to get the vaccine since cases are on the rise.
Many people have a preference in what arm they get their shots in, and one study shows getting your COVID-19 booster in the same arm you got your previous shot could add more immunity.
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Scientists in Germany looked at health data for 303 people who got the mRNA vaccine followed by a booster shot. Antibodies were measured two weeks after receiving the second shot.
According to the study, the number of protective killer T cells, which help destroy the COVID-19 virus, was higher in 67% of people who got both shots in the same arm, compared to 43% of people who got it in different arms.
“It’s thought that perhaps when you use the same arm and the same kind of vaccine or medication drains to the same lymph nodes in that arm it’s gonna cause more of an exaggerated response in the lymph nodes,” Bregier said. #WakeUpCLT #COVID19 #VERIFY
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