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UK vaccine scientist: Continuous boosters are unstudied and unnecessary

By Virginia Aabram
Published January 4, 2022 8:03pm ET
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UK vaccine scientist: Continuous boosters are unstudied and unnecessary
In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a vaccine provider prepares a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic run by the Allegheny County Health Department at Casa San Jose, a nonprofit organization serving Latino immigrants in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

The head of the United Kingdom’s vaccine oversight body said regular boosters are unsustainable and need more research.

Andrew Pollard, chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization, said the U.K. should not yet follow Israel and Germany in giving out booster coronavirus vaccines to everyone over 60.

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