Umer: Initially we didn't need boosters. Then it was a muno compromise. People need boosters, and now everyone needs boosters. What exactly is the booster shot? Is it a different composition cocktail then than a lot of us had injected into ourselves earlier this year? Ye, pretty much. This is going to be baselyan identical dose to the first two that we received. And functionally for the companies, it's not goin to make much of a difference. Is just more of the same thing. It seems like there are more maxines than we need in this country,. There are still people who haven't got it, but all around the world, they're getting it
Vox’s Umair Irfan explains why you might need one. The Atlantic’s Sarah Zhang says the coronavirus is here forever, but ultimately, it might not be so bad.
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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