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Members of the PEF Retirees Executive Board pose for a photo at PEF headquarters during their meeting on Dec. 14, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

December 15, 2021 —<\/em> Have you had your COVID-19 booster shot yet?<\/p>\n

Your holidays will be happier if you are healthy.<\/p>\n

By the first week of November, only one in seven seniors had received a COVID booster shot.\u00a0 Health experts are recommending that eligible Americans receive COVID-19 booster shots as soon as possible to prevent infection surges this winter<\/p>\n

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was the first to be authorized as a booster shot, for use in certain high-risk groups, including seniors, who received their second Pfizer dose at least six months ago.\u00a0 A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee unanimously recommended boosters for high-risk recipients of Moderna\u2019s and Johnson & Johnson\u2019s COVID-19 vaccines.\u00a0 CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky embraced the panel\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n

The CDC also allows mix-and-match boosters, so that people may receive a different booster vaccine than the kind they were originally given.<\/p>\n

\u201cBooster shots are an effective tool for keeping seniors safe from COVID-19 infection,\u201d said Richard Fiesta, executive director of the Alliance for Retired Americans. \u201cGetting vaccinated protects not only yourself, but also others who are vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seniors should also consider getting a flu shot as we enter another flu season.\u00a0 We need to maintain our physical, mental and social well-being as we age gracefully.\u00a0 Eat right, exercise, stay physically and socially active.\u00a0 Get regular medical checkups. As PEF retirees we have excellent insurance so there is no excuse for not seeing your doctor when necessary!<\/p>\n

Maintain your social and family connections and enjoy your well-deserved retirement!<\/p>\n

This is good advice from Msgr. Charles Fahey: \u201cPeople are interdependent at every moment of life. This interdependence has contemporary, historical, and futuristic elements.\u00a0 It existed for those who have gone before us and will continue after all of us are gone.\u00a0 We have inherited much of what contributes to the good life we enjoy.\u00a0 To help people age well, we need to find a way to manage our miracles. Yesterday’s social structures and public policies will no longer do.\u201d<\/p>\n

I wish you all very happy and healthy holidays!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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