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appalachiablue

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Tue Aug 31, 2021, 08:05 PM Aug 2021

Update: Health Officials Sticking With 8 Mo. Covid Booster: ABC News, Aug. 29 [View all]

'Health officials sticking with 8-month COVID booster shot timeline: *Fauci. Biden said Friday that the administration is considering earlier boosters.' ABC News, Aug. 29, 2021.

Public health officials are sticking with the recommendation that people get booster shots eight months after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, but that could change based on reviewing the data, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.

"We're still sticking with the eight months," the chief medical adviser for the White House told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "However, as we've said, even in the original statement that came out, we're gonna have to go through the standard way of the (Food and Drug Administration) looking at the data and then the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. So although we're sticking with eight, we're remaining flexible, that if the data tells us differently, we'll make adjustments accordingly."...

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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/health-officials-sticking-month-covid-booster-shot-timeline/story?id=79700212

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