The booster will be available starting later this week.
There’s a new booster that’s coming out to guard against the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday that it was recommending the vaccine, which is being produced in versions by Moderna MRNA, +3.30% and Pfizer PFE, +0.06% -BioNTech BNTX, -1.61%, for people 6 months of age and older.
Dr. Paul A. Offit, a pediatrician with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who specializes in infectious diseases, told MarketWatch that the new vaccine is a must for some who are at higher risk for developing serious illness, such as people who are over 75, people who have certain health problems and people who are immune compromised.
Still, CDC director Dr. Mandy K. Cohen counters such an argument. In a column for The New York Times, Dr. Cohen noted that all the members of her family, including her 9- and 11-year-old daughters, would be getting the booster. “Some viruses…change over time. This coronavirus is one of them. It finds ways to evade our immune systems by constantly evolving. That’s why our vaccines need to be updated to match the changed virus,” Dr. Cohen explained.Dr.
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