Covid-19 vaccine boosters can begin for some US adults as CDC partially diverges from its advisers' recommendations

Posted on AllSides September 23rd, 2021
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Following days of lengthy debate among vaccine experts, booster shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine can now be officially administered to some adults in the United States.

Early Friday morning, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky diverged from the agency's independent vaccine advisers to recommend boosters for a broader group of people -- those ages 18 to 64 who are at increased risk of Covid-19 because of their workplaces or institutional settings -- in addition to older adults, long-term care facility residents and some people...

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/24/health/cdc-booster-recommendation-walensky/index.html

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