Covid boosters: Why do the US and UK have such different policies on who gets a vaccine?


Covid-19 vaccination in Batavia, Illinois, final 12 months

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Who ought to obtain a covid-19 booster vaccine? As nations within the northern hemisphere put together for winter, it’s a query that governments should deal with – and a few are reaching very completely different solutions.

The most recent covid-19 vaccines are anticipated to bolster safety by concentrating on more moderen variants of the coronavirus. Within the US, the federal government has advisable that everybody 6 months and older ought to get a booster, whereas businesses within the UK and plenty of different European nations are solely allowing essentially the most weak to take action. …