How Much of a Threat Are Variants?
Currently, there is no variant of interest or of high consequence.
Waning Immunity
Because immunity created by most vaccines wanes with time,booster shotsare a necessity.
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It is not unusual for vaccines to require boosters for maintain high levels of immunity.
Bar-Zeev said that boosters become all the more [important] in the current context of variants emerging.
During the same press conference, Durbin noted that combinations of the different existing vaccines are already being tested.
And that can be achieved through high coverage with the existing vaccines.
Vaccines are enormously powerful tools in public health, but theyre not the only tool.
It’s recommended that you receive boosters for continued protection.
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