How Long Does COVID Immunity Last Anyway?
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🗓️ 21 September 2021
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to shortwave from NPR. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey, Emily Kwong here with Science Correspondent, |
| 0:08.2 | Mike Lene DuClef. |
| 0:09.6 | Hi, Emily. |
| 0:10.4 | Hey, you're here to talk about a question |
| 0:12.8 | that a lot of people have had about the COVID vaccine. |
| 0:16.5 | Myself included, but no one really knows the answer to it. |
| 0:20.1 | How long does immunity last? |
| 0:22.5 | Totally. |
| 0:23.4 | This is the question, and it is super complicated. |
| 0:28.4 | I mean, there's a huge debate about boosters. |
| 0:30.8 | Right. |
| 0:31.5 | I mean, the Biden administration and the FDA |
| 0:34.0 | are discussing this right now, whether people, |
| 0:37.0 | and if so, who should receive a booster shot |
| 0:39.7 | about eight months after their original vaccine? |
| 0:42.4 | Some scientists advising the White House |
| 0:43.9 | say that the effectiveness of the original vaccine is waning. |
| 0:48.4 | Yeah, but many, many scientists I talk to Emily say, |
| 0:52.2 | not so fast. |
| 0:53.4 | Is that really necessary? |
| 0:54.8 | They don't agree at all with the administration's call |
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