{"id":114427,"date":"2021-10-06T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=114427"},"modified":"2021-10-05T21:17:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T02:17:14","slug":"pfizer-booster-shots-now-available-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/pfizer-booster-shots-now-available-in-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Pfizer Booster Shots Now Available in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Appointments for a booster shot of the <strong>Pfizer <\/strong>vaccine are now available at all <strong>Mississippi <\/strong>county health department clinics for those who qualify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appointments can be made through\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/covidvaccine.umc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/covidvaccine.umc.edu<\/a>\u00a0or by calling the <strong>COVID-19<\/strong> hotline at <strong>877-978-6453<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booster shots help maintain your immunity, which may decrease over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can get a booster shot of Pfizer vaccine if you are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fully vaccinated with two shots of Pfizer, AND<\/li><li>It\u2019s been at least 6 months since your last shot of Pfizer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>AND you fall into one of the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Adults aged 65 years and older, OR<\/li><li>Long-term care facility residents, OR<\/li><li>Adults aged 18 and older with certain underlying medical conditions (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDAsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA5MzAuNDY3MDEyMzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21zZGgubXMuZ292L2Jvb3N0ZXJzIn0.ae2GtZxNa1Bv-j2VQJf08rZFaJw7MGv93NJXqj3K-J0\/s\/1126202484\/br\/113166713421-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/boosters<\/a>), OR<\/li><li>Adults aged 18 and older in certain occupations that increase their risk of exposure (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA5MzAuNDY3MDEyMzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21zZGgubXMuZ292L2Jvb3N0ZXJzIn0.0urCV1PStwOj93fI8w5-RNUW2pCKwiSA3WY87DfvKzw\/s\/1126202484\/br\/113166713421-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/msdh.ms.gov\/boosters<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Third or additional shots of Pfizer and <strong>Moderna <\/strong>for people with weakened immune systems are also available at county health departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong>&nbsp;COVID-19 vaccines are available at numerous other providers statewide, including pharmacies and clinics. Go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lnks.gd\/l\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMTA5MzAuNDY3MDEyMzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy52YWNjaW5lcy5nb3Yvc2VhcmNoLyJ9._B2okh0XbTxWBpCYZpGU8jjeRQPEmyUagQRlEybyCB4\/s\/1126202484\/br\/113166713421-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.vaccines.gov\/search<\/a>&nbsp;to find locations near you where you can receive first and second COVID-19 shots as well as additional COVID-19 shots for weakened immune systems and boosters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MSDH <\/strong>also has first and second shots of COVID-19 vaccine available at county health departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please remember to bring your COVID-19 vaccine card to your appointment, if available, if you have received prior shots of COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appointments for a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine are now available at all Mississippi county health department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":113425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16346],"tags":[19567,16052,5,17893,17458],"class_list":["post-114427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","tag-booster-shots","tag-covid-19","tag-mississippi","tag-pfizer","tag-vaccine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Vaccination-Clinics-750.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}