HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE: SECOND COVID SHOT NEEDED

  

Area health officials are stressing the importance of getting both doses when receiving the Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

The Texas Department of State Health Services says about 900,000 Texans remain overdue for their second shot.

Dr. Lon Young, Medical Director at CapRock Health Systems in Bryan and College Station, says it is vitally important to get the second shot, saying some people may be unwilling to get it after having side effects from the first shot.

“We see very miserable people and very sick people for sometimes weeks with the COVID-19 infection,” said Young.

Dr. Young says having one dose of the shot is better than none, but two is ideal. He adds that even if you are overdue for the second shot, you should need to get it.