UK Vaccine Watchdog Member Says He’s Skeptical About COVID Booster Shots for Everyone

UK Vaccine Watchdog Member Says He’s Skeptical About COVID Booster Shots for Everyone
An Israeli health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at the Maccabi Health Service in the Israeli town of Rishon Lezion, on Aug. 13, 2021. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A member of the United Kingdom’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation watchdog agency has expressed skepticism about COVID-19 booster shots for all adults, coming as U.S. federal health officials said they would start pushing booster shots starting next month.

Speaking on a BBC program, professor Adam Finn said, “We will be imminently deciding that there will be some people who will need a third dose, particularly people who we know are very unlikely to be well protected by those first two doses.”
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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