Nation's vaccine experts debate goal of booster campaign

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Are boosters meant to prevent infections? Or to keep people out of the hospital?

Oct. 20, 2021, 8:36 PM UTC

By Akshay Syal, MD

As the U.S. heads into the winter months, the nation’s top vaccine experts and infectious disease physicians are torn over whether the majority of the general public needs Covid vaccine booster shots.

Some believe that the primary goal should be to prevent severe disease from Covid-19. Others, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, argue that the goal of vaccination should be to not only prevent severe disease and hospitalization but also milder forms of the illness, as well as infection.

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