americans who have been fully vaccinated do not need a booster shot at this time. that doesn t mean that we re not very, very actively following and gathering all of this information to see if and when we might need it and if and when we do, we ll have everything in place to do it why is there a debate over the third dose the debate is because there s a question about when we need a third dose but we have studies which the cdc and fda can cite that show that even 8 to 12 months out for trial participants, they re still maintaining antibodies and they have immunity with infections going back up in israel, today, the health minister announced plans to offer pfizer s third dose to adults with weak immune systems. but a decision hasn t been made for the general public in the u.s., coronavirus cases are climbing more than two dozen states the dominant strain fueling outbreaks in arkansas, missouri,