No, you probably won t need a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, says UCSF s Monica Gandhi
Monica Gandhi
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A nurse administers a shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at a mass vaccination center in Tokyo, Japan on May 24.Carl Court/Getty Images
Pharmaceutical company executives have been hinting for months that booster shots will be necessary to maintain the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. A study of such boosters is already underway. But the companies that stand to profit from these shots shouldn’t get to unilaterally determine the need for a repeat mass vaccination campaign without scientific questioning. Moreover, focus groups among the vaccine-hesitant have shown that talk of boosters can decrease the likelihood of people getting a vaccine now.
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