Revealed: A third of America's 43 Omicron
COVID cases had their booster shots as
Fauci says he's 'continuing to evaluate'
whether two shots are sufficient to qualify
as 'fully vaccinated'
Posted By: Ribicon, 12/12/2021 12:57:37 PM
Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has said that authorities are 'continuing to evaluate' whether a booster shot will be required to be considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as new CDC figures show that a third of Omicron cases had booster shots. 'For official requirements, it's still two shots of the mRNA (Pfizer or Moderna) and one shot of the J&J for the official determination of what's required or not,' Fauci told ABC News on Sunday. 'But I think if you look at the data, the more and more it becomes clear that if you want to be optimally protected you really should get a booster,'
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The shots don't prevent people from catching or spreading the disease, but we also know that we need an ongoing series of boosters, limited only by the greed of Big Shot, to prevent people from catching or spreading the disease. "Omnicron" (as Biden calls it) is very mild, but the media hypes it, and so we need even more shots to ease the stress they cause.