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Feds to start coronavirus booster shots in September as vaccine effectiveness wanes

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Federal health officials are calling for the administration of coronavirus booster doses as early as next month to shore up protection against the delta variant — an initiative Gov. Charlie Baker said he supports, but has no guidance to execute.
Federal health officials are calling for the administration of coronavirus booster doses as early as next month to shore up protection against the delta variant — an initiative Gov. Charlie Baker said he supports, but has no guidance to execute. “Once we know more from the feds about, you know, what they’re thinking about in terms of timing and all the rest, we will move very aggressively to make sure that those who are eligible to get boosters get them,” Baker said Wednesday on GBH Radio. The plan, as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health agencies, calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

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