What Next TBD: Will Booster Shots Make a Difference?

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🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The Biden administration says a third dose of vaccines for all American adults will end the pandemic faster. And experts say there is evidence of waning vaccine effectiveness against mild-to-moderate disease. But globally, what’s the best use of the next available dose? Guest: Saad Omer, director of the Yale Institute for Global Health. Host: Lizzie O’Leary This episode was produced by Alyssa Edes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've entered the Rick and Morty multiverse so many times at all for
0:04.4	that I don't know whether I'm Rick, Morty.
0:07.3	All myself.
0:08.5	Am I Rick?
0:09.6	Am I Morty?
0:10.7	Am I me?
0:11.9	Am I Rick?
0:12.8	Am I Morty?
0:14.0	Am I me?
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0:30.1	Early the day, our medical experts announced a plan for booster shots
0:35.4	to every fully vaccinated American, adult American.
0:39.2	On Wednesday afternoon, President Biden announced what his administration
0:43.1	had been telegraphing for several days.
0:45.6	The plan is for every adult to get a booster shot
0:50.3	eight months after you got your second shot.
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