Is Booster Injections Vital to Maintaining the Effectiveness of Vaccine?

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The pandemic is affecting people in the real world. And you are talking to those people, it's one of the things that you as a reporter can really vitally bring to the table. One woman i spoke to, lena mangani, she's the south asia regional head of the aces campaign at doctors without boarders. She just said, we've always that we were second class citizens, but she really felt it right then.

Several wealthy nations have announced plans to give third vaccine doses in a bid to help increase the protection of their most vulnerable citizens - but the science is not clear on whether this strategy will be effective or indeed necessary. Meanwhile with limited vaccine supplies - billions around the world still have no access to vaccines at all. In this episode of Coronapod we discuss the science of boosters, the stark reality of vaccine disparity and what this means for the future of the pandemic.

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