Pfizer CEO Is ‘Almost Certain’ Americans Will Have to Get Yearly COVID-19 Shots

Albert Bourla, chief executive officer of Pfizer pharmaceutical company, at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Jan. 17, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said during an interview on Wednesday he’s “almost certain” that Americans will have to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose every single year.

During an MSNBC interview, Bourla was asked if people should expect to take a new COVID-19 booster annually, Bourla issued his response.