Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Tuesday, September 6. I'm Naila Moodoo. Here's

what we're following today. State houses see a record number of first generation immigrant

lawmakers. Plus, a win for team Trump in the DOJ probe. But first, what to know about the

new Omicron booster? That's today's one big thing.

The FDA last week authorized updated versions of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID boosters and

they're now becoming available. These shots are tailored to be more effective against the

Omicron variant. But when can you get your dose and when should you? Axios, a senior healthcare

editor, Adriel Benelheim has some answers for us. Hi, Adriel.

Hi, nice to be with you. So, Adriel, you told us last week that these new vaccines are targeting

the dominant strains right now. Be a four and be a five. Who is the CDC recommending

get these new boosters? They're saying these are available and ready for anyone aged 12 and

up or most people unless there's some special exceptions. Only Pfizer shot will be available

for children under 18. But what about if you just had COVID? Because I feel like I know so

many people who've had COVID in the past two months. That's right. And also over the summer,

some people went out and got the old boosters. So what they're saying is individual should be

at least two months out from getting their primary COVID series. And if you take something like

this too soon after an infection and use kind of super prime your immune system and you could end

up getting very ill. So they're saying there should at least be this week break.

Adriel, when the vaccines were first introduced is probably hard for people to remember this,

how much people wanted to get vaccines. But now that we're on like third, fourth, booster shots,

are Americans getting these? It has been falling off steadily. People have gotten fatigued.

The polling we at Axios and other organizations have done show that people are less involved

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