The World Health Organization has rejected the necessity of COVID-19 booster shots, saying that data is not conclusive.
WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said at a media briefing: "We recently had an expert group meeting with scientists from around the world this included researchers, it included regulatory experts from different regulatory agencies, there was consensus that the data around the need for boosters is not conclusive." She also said that they don't have enough data to know about the safety of the boosters and that it needs to be studied before the government launches a full-scale booster program for the population.
Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also doubled down on the discouragement of booster programs, saying that there is a debate about whether or not they are effective at all.
More questions surround the possibility of needing booster shots In June, leading infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci told Congress that he believed recipients of the vaccine will require booster shots, although he added that he wasn't sure when they will be needed.
Monica Gandhi, a professor at the University of California San Francisco detailed several reasons for why people don't have to worry about getting a booster.
She wrote: "The best way to keep people safe now is to put the discussion of boosters aside and work hard on global vaccine distribution." Anna Durbin of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health said that public health officials should keep an eye on the number and severity of breakthrough cases to know whether or not another dose is necessary.
The CDC and FDA said earlier this year that boosters will not be recommended As COVID-19 vaccines appear to be failing against the virus, it is not clear what additional benefits a booster shot will provide.
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