What happens to our immune systems when we get a booster and will COVID boosters stay on the list? Questions about COVID-19 vaccine boosters like who is eligible and how to choose one have dominated scientific discussions, news headlines, and dinner-table conversations recently, but the practice of giving our immune systems periodic “refreshers” is anything but new. Jonathan Abraham, assistant professor of microbiology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and an infectious disease specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discussed the science and history of vaccine boosters. Q&A Jonathan Abraham HMS: What exactly is a boosterWhat happens to our immune systems when we get a booster and will COVID boosters stay on the list? Questions about COVID-19 vaccine boosters like who is eligible and how to choose one have dominated scientific discussions, news headlines, and dinner-table conversations recently, but the practice of giving our immune systems peri
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