The statement caught many in the medical community off guard, as more than 350 Americans are still dying each day from the coronavirus, with tens of thousands getting sick.
Still, most Americans have ditched masks, and the politicalization of COVID is a factor in the mid term elections.
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra received both a flu shot and a COVID booster at the SOMOS clinic in Hamilton Heights Monday. The new boosters provide even more protection because they have been updated to match COVID variants that are currently dominant, as well as the original COVID-19 strain.
"We are truly in a different place today than were in March 2020 or March 2021, or even six to eight months ago," Dr. Vasan said.
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