Health officials authorized booster shots for all U.S. adults last week in response to an increase in COVID-19 cases, along with concern about upcoming holidays and winter months, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky said.
and gatherings, boosting people's overall protection against COVID-19 disease and death was important to do now.”
Top COVID-19 expert Anthony S. Fauci, MD, said Israel, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States are all seeing the effectiveness and safety of booster shots. The unvaccinated continue to drive the pandemic, Walensky said. According to the most up-to-date information on the CDC data tracker, unvaccinated people are six times more likely to test positive for the virus, nine times more likely to be hospitalized, and 14 times more likely to die.
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