Mixed messages on COVID vaccines causing confusion

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The FDA changed its recommendations on COVID-19 Vaccines for those 65+ or the immunocompromised

Getting a COVID shot if you are not represented in these groups will depend on the location you choose to receive it, but access is protected in Maryland

Several professional health organizations recommend children under two, pregnant women and healthy adults should still receive a booster this season despite differing federal guidance

For the first time in decades vaccine health recommendations from professional health organizations are at odds with federal government guidelines just ahead of the respiratory virus season causing confusion for patients, parents and doctors.

The mixed messaging, Dr. Teresa Nguyen fears, could come at a great cost.

"The result can be fewer people vaccinated, mutations of the virus to a more virulent form of the virus, and maybe us getting back to a situation where people fall severely ill with COVID,” Nguyen said. “Vaccines save lives. I can't say that enough.”