FDA Vaccine Adviser Says Most Americans Don’t Need Yet Another COVID-19 Booster

FDA vaccine adviser Dr. Paul Offit says healthy young people don’t need another COVID-19 booster.

A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 3, 2021. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

A longtime vaccine adviser to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said most Americans don’t need another COVID-19 booster as the Biden administration prepares to push another round of shots.

Dr. Paul Offit, who advises the FDA on various types of vaccines, told the UK’s Daily Mail that the upcoming updated COVID-19 boosters that are meant to target new variants don’t need to be taken by middle-aged and younger Americans without underlying health conditions.