In an exclusive interview with NJ Advance Media, Dr. Rochelle Walensky said those who receive the newly authorized second COVID booster may require yet another shot by fall.
, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says people eligible for a newly authorized second booster against COVID-19 also may need a third one by the fall.
Walensky said a second booster is crucial for people in high-risk categories who got their first one more than four months ago. They include people who are over 65 and those who have comorbidities that put them at high risk of severe illness if they catch the coronavirus. If another booster is authorized for fall, Walensky urges those eligible to get it, though she acknowledged some people are reluctant about getting repeated shots.
that was frail and was underinvested in for years,” she said. “Over the last 10 years, we’ve had H1N1, Zika, Ebola and now COVID, but we in the United States have eliminated 66,000 public health jobs and we’ve lost 10% of public health funding. Studies are now demonstrating that if you’ve been vaccinated, that you actually have a lower likelihood of getting the disease overall, and then of getting long COVID should you get the disease.
That workforce needs to be as a diverse as the communities we serve. It needs to have laboratory and epidemiologic skill sets. We also need data modernization.
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