Should You Get Another COVID Booster Now? (with FDA’s Peter Marks)

Andy talks with Dr. Peter Marks about the FDA’s authorization of a fourth round of vaccines for those 50 and older. As the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the Food and Drug Administration, Marks is the man most responsible for our vaccines and the speed at which they were developed. Andy gets the inside scoop from him to help answer questions from listeners about boosters, such as: Who should get another shot? Should you mix and match? And when will we see vaccines for kids under 5?

 

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Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

 

• Check out the study from Israel that Dr. Marks says seems to show a significant reduction in death from COVID-19 for those who receive a fourth dose of the vaccine: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.15.22270948v1
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