U.S. officials' decision on Covid-19 boosters baffles and upsets some scientists

Getting booster shots for vaccines isn't a new or untested idea.

On the other hand, I also believe the timeline is partly based on a public policy standpoint where the concern is that if it gets bad, the US will require another lockdown. People are already sick and tired of masks, compliance for a new mandate is a lot lower after it's been stated that masks are unnecessary (before the delta variant became an issue). People who are compliant will also probably be okay with a getting a booster shot.

I know some medical professionals have publicly stated that they will wait to get it, but the reality is that people that got the vaccine initially will be okay with a booster much more readily. That "saved" dose isn't going to end up going to someone who needs in more in a developing nation.

This pandemic has shown me that medically required and practically enforced don't overlap enough when it comes to public policy.

I live in a place where there is an abundance of vaccines and I acknowledge that will bias my view in a certain way.

I heard on NPR today that the variants are forming in people who are not immunized, so this could actually make things worse.