All adults in California, Colorado, New Mexico can get COVID boosters

• All adults who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine can get a booster two months after their first shot.

Driving the news: California, Colorado and New Mexico have all seen high rates of COVID transmission in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• New Mexico and Colorado's governors signed executive orders expanding eligibility for boosters this week. Rising case numbers have overwhelmed their hospitals, according to AP.
• In California, the country's most populous state, state public health officer Tomás Aragón has instructed health officials not to turn away anyone who requests a booster as long as they are 18 or older and have waited the appropriate time between the initial shots and the booster.
• Providers should prioritize those in skilled nursing or assisted living facilities but "should not miss any opportunity" to offer boosters to others, Aragón said.

What they're saying: "We wouldn't even be here talking about this if everyone was vaccinated," Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said at a news conference. "If you are not vaccinated, you're going to get COVID. Maybe this year, maybe next year."

• David Scrase, New Mexico's department of health acting secretary, called COVID "incredibly opportunistic," per AP. It's "our job to ensure that the virus has fewer and fewer opportunities to spread.”