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Dispel Medical Myth #2: Everyone Needs the New Booster

Dispel Medical Myth #2: Everyone Needs the New Booster

Sep 05, 2022
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It’s week two of medical myth-busting! Last week I wrote about psychotherapy. This week is about booster shots. The gist? More is not always more.

The COVID vaccines are a modern miracle. Last week the FDA and CDC authorized a new COVID booster shot aimed at the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants. These are called “bivalent” vaccines because they contain …

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