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I hear that. I guess I don't understand well enough if a booster is

something the medical community views as needing additional safety approval or simply questioning its value. Is the question "is it safe" or "is it worth the cost, side effects, etc." and "what is the gain we are measuring those costs against?"

From what I can tell, there isn't much concern for the safety of boosters, it's a question of waste:
https://news.yahoo.com/covid-boosters-wise-or-wasteful-141715637.html
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-06/06-COVID-Oliver-508.pdf

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Posted: 08/18/2021 at 4:56PM

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