How to Use booster shot in a Sentence

booster shot

noun
  • He had to get two booster shots at his latest checkup.
  • How regions fare during the winter will also depend on how many adults get their booster shot, Topol said.
    Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Indeed, the Biden administration has strengthened its push for a Covid booster shot for all adults.
    NBC News, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Murphree encouraged people to get vaccinated and to receive a booster shot ahead of omicron’s spread.
    al, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Illinois’ southern tip, with 35% of senior citizens having received a booster shot so far.
    Dan Petrella, chicagotribune.com, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Betancourt said she has been fully vaccinated since April and is currently seeking her booster shot.
    Kyra Senese, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Protection offered by booster shot beats ‘natural immunity,’ study suggests.
    Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Then, teenagers can get a booster shot at the age of 16.
    Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2022
  • So is there a second booster shot in the near future for the U.S.?
    Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The goal is to build up your immune system, and the booster shot is going to do that.
    ABC News, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Even if the booster shot were based on the delta variant, that variant passed through a long time ago.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 July 2022
  • And around 65% of Brits have had a booster shot, according to data from the BBC.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Trump will probably have to do a lot worse than get a booster shot to lose his base.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Now is the time to get a new bivalent booster shot, Fauci said.
    Caroline Catherman, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2022
  • For the first booster shot, just 68 percent of the senior citizen group got them.
    Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 13 June 2022
  • At Discount Drug Mart, demand for the flu vaccine and the new booster shot has been roughly equal.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The booster shot is 10 micrograms, the same dosage as the primary series for the age group and a third of the dosage given to people ages 12 and up.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 17 May 2022
  • And among those that have kept them, most don’t mandate that employees get the latest booster shot.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
  • In Britain, 85% of people age 12 and up have had two vaccine doses and almost two-thirds have had a third booster shot.
    Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Should people age 50+ get their second booster shot now, or wait?
    Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2022
  • There is no evidence to show that his aortic aneurysm was related to the booster shot.
    Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Last week, the government said all children in London ages 1 to 9 would be offered a booster shot.
    CBS News, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Even short-term visitors like me could now register and get a booster shot free of charge.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2022
  • But among those who have gone up to six months without a booster shot, the vaccine efficacy drops to less than 25%.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 16 June 2023
  • But the majority of U.S. adults still haven't received a booster shot.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2022
  • For instance, anyone older than 65 can now get a booster shot.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2022
  • But only 63% of those 1.4 million have received a booster shot.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • As of mid-October, 90% had received two shots, but only 57% had a booster shot.
    Emily Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The study analyzed data from 303 people who received the mRNA vaccine as well as a booster shot.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Health officials worry that blocking discussion of the topic on social media could result in fewer people getting a booster shot this fall and prevent them from getting more information about the spread of the virus.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023

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