What Is a Booster Shot?
A booster shot for COVID-19 refers to a vaccine administered in addition to the currently authorized regimen.
Last month, Israel began giving residents over the age of 60 a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Vaccine supply remains a constraint, Cash-Goldwasser says.
Why Can’t Countries Easily Share Their Vaccine Supply?
Psaki added that the U.S. has enough vaccines to ensure every American has access to one.
Are Boosters Necessary?
But both Pfizer and Moderna believe they will be needed.
But infectious disease specialists are not quite as sure.
Still, in late July, aCDC advisory committee discussedgiving booster shots specifically to people who are immunocompromised.
The organization has made no formal recommendation so far.
Were no stronger than the weakest link.
Its a global battle, Anandasabapathy says.
But individuals can donate too.
For example,Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is distributing COVID-19 vaccines worldwide and accepting donations.
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