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CDC advises booster shots for some. Are they necessary?

Interview with epidemiologist Dr. Stephanie Silvera

09/23/2021

NJ Spotlight News

CDC advises booster shots for some. Are they necessary?

Clip: 9/23/2021 | 5m 31sVideo has Closed Captions

Interview with epidemiologist Dr. Stephanie Silvera

COVID-19 booster shots have the green light. A CDC advisory panel voted unanimously to recommend a booster dose of the Pfizer- BioNTech vaccine for people age 65 and up, as well as for long-term care residents and, in a separate vote, adults with underlying medical conditions, advising the extra shots to be given six months after the initial two-dose immunization.

09/23/2021

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