COVID-19 Booster Dose Eligibility in the United States

<p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>This site provides historical data related to COVID-19 booster dose eligibility presented on two CDC COVID Data Tracker sites:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>Vaccinations in the US</span></a><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>&nbsp;and&nbsp;</span><a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-equity"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>Vaccination Equity</span></a><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>.&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>Data are updated weekly on Thursdays.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>Some COVID-19 vaccine recipients are&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>eligible to receive booster doses</span></a><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11px;">&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>and criteria for booster eligibility may change over time. Data and footnotes will be updated to align with the current recommendations.&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>&nbsp;</span></p><p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>CDC counts people as having &ldquo;received a booster dose&rdquo; if they are fully vaccinated and received another dose of any COVID-19 vaccine on or after August 13, 2021. This does not distinguish whether the recipient is&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>immunocompromised and received an additional dose</span></a></p><p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><strong><em><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>Data Limitations:</span></em></strong><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;'>&nbsp;</span></p><ul style="list-style-type: undefined;margin-left:0in;"><li><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-size:11.0pt;color:black;'>The booster eligibility metric excludes fully vaccinated recipients who have an &ldquo;Other&rdquo; primary series vaccine type. </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11.0pt;color:black;'>&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-size:11.0pt;color:black;'>Booster eligibility counts and percentages exclude vaccine administrations reported by Texas as the primary series cannot be linked to booster dose in the aggregate data submitted by Texas.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11.0pt;color:black;'>&nbsp;</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><strong><em><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'>Footnotes:</span></em></strong></p><p style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;'>CDC counts people as being &ldquo;</span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:15px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;'>eligible to get a booster dose</span></a><