The FDA also said COVID booster shots do not have to match a recipient’s initial vaccine series.
In other words, vaccines can be “mixed and matched.”
Both decisions will need to be backed up by an official FDA authorization before people can receive those boosters.
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This is not even a question of waning immunity and needing a booster.
But Wen says the optimism shouldnt take away the importance of protecting people from getting infected by the virus.
The FDA is expected to present a decision following the panels recommendation in the following days.
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