# How often are adults supposed to get Covid booster shots? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [December 19, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799 "2022-12-19T18:29:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/21 "2023-01-07T14:25:27Z")
I was seeking an acquaintance on facebook, and checked his page. Apparently, he died about a year ago, from complications of covid. He wasnt vaccinated. He was 30. I had my original 2 shots almost 2 years ago. Never had a booster. Should I get one? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/22 "2023-01-07T14:37:10Z")
Yes, you should. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/23 "2023-01-07T14:48:56Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Should I get one? Yes, you should the the new bivalent booster that came out last fall. And you should keep up with the new boosters as they become available. Do you get annual flu shots as well? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/24 "2023-01-07T15:11:27Z")
I always get flu shots. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/25 "2023-01-07T15:27:03Z")
Did they offer you a Covid shot when you got your flu shot? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/26 "2023-01-07T15:52:24Z")
I don’t think so. If my doctors office doesn’t, where would I go? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/27 "2023-01-07T15:57:49Z")
Try the place that gave you a flu shot. Most Rx stores have them. Honestly it’d take only 5 minutes to look up sites in your area. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/28 "2023-01-07T16:08:18Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > If my doctors office doesn’t, where would I go? As @chela notes, many pharmacies offer them. Around here, both CVS and Walgreens offer COVID boosters (along with other vaccines). Check out the websites for your local pharmacies. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/29 "2023-01-07T16:14:16Z")
Thanks. I’ll be doing that soon. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/30 "2023-01-07T16:29:48Z")
As mentioned, most pharmacies. I got several of my Covid shots at Walmart. Locally to me, Kaiser has a dedicated facility for providing both Covid and flu shots (got my flu shot there), but I think you have to be a Kaiser member to use that. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/31 "2023-01-07T17:15:41Z")
CVS and Walgreens both got vaccine directly from the federal govt at the start of the pandemic. I bet they still do. So they are good bets. Most hospitals are also set up to give covid vaccines. This site might be helpful > **[COVID-19 Vaccination](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/How-Do-I-Get-a-COVID-19-Vaccine.html?s_cid=11717:where%20to%20get%20kids%20covid%20vaccine:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen:PTN:FY22)** > > COVID-19 vaccines protect against COVID-19. Get safety info and more. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/32 "2023-01-07T18:14:34Z")
Around here, there are also many independent non-chain pharmacies that offer easy-peasy walk-in COVID shots without an appointment. I can’t imagine that’s rare nationally, but it might vary state-to-state. Worth calling around to check – you can make the entire booster process really effortless and quick if your local independents are offering them. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/33 "2023-01-07T21:03:55Z")
In addition to CVS & Walgreens, around here all the major grocery store chains that have in-store pharmacies have COVID shots available at those pharmacies. Walk-in basis, no appointment necessary. Finding a vaccination is NOT hard these days. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/34 "2023-01-08T01:55:35Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Finding a vaccination is NOT hard these days. My first vaccine involved refreshing a page every few minutes _for days_ and then being able to schedule a vaccine three weeks later. My second was easier. The last two I just walked up to the counter and asked, in and out. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/35 "2023-01-08T02:09:29Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > My first vaccine involved refreshing a page every few minutes _for days_ and then being able to schedule a vaccine three weeks later. Ah, good times. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/36 "2023-01-08T17:33:10Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > If my doctors office doesn’t, where would I go? In addition to pharmacies and Walmart (and Sam’s Club), around here 2 out of 3 of the biggest grocery stores offer covid boosters too. Shaws is a store also in other parts of the US, and I believe Hannaford is called Food Lion outside of New England. You close to either of those? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/37 "2023-01-08T17:38:53Z")
Also Costco. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/38 "2023-01-08T18:08:03Z")
No. But I am near a Walgreens, CVS, and Giant Eagle. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/39 "2023-01-08T18:18:54Z")
Giant Eagle definitely has them. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799/40 "2023-01-09T21:36:09Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Looks like I got the bivalent booster on September 10, 2022. The way I read this thread, I don’t have to get another booster until Autumn of 2023. Right? According to this CDC website, you need another booster if it has been more than 2 MONTHS since your last one! [https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html#up-to-date](https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html#up-to-date) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-are-adults-supposed-to-get-covid-booster-shots/976799.md?page=3)