Do You Need Another Covid Shot?
“Once the F.D.A. fully approves the Covid-19 vaccines, health care providers and public health agencies would be free to recommend additional doses for off-label use. However, giving additional shots to already vaccinated persons must not come at the expense of doses going to the unvaccinated and most vulnerable, which would save the most lives. Only 0.3 percent of all vaccine doses have been administered in low-income countries.
Because of this, the World Health Organization has called for a temporary moratorium on the use of additional Covid-19 shots for the vaccinated in wealthy countries, arguing that the focus should be on getting first doses to countries that remain unable to protect health care workers and older adults. We agree.”