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 Tuesday that it was recommending the vaccine, which is being produced in versions by Moderna MRNA, +3.18% and Pfizer PFE, -0.20% -BioNTech BNTX, -2.06%, for people 6 months of age and older.
So, everyone who is 6 months or older should receive it? That’s the CDC’s recommendation, but not everyone sees this booster as a firm requirement, depending on various medical and other factors. Still, CDC director Dr. Mandy K. Cohen counters such an argument. In a column for the New York Times, 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,” Cohen explained.
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