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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN
Even though the biopharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced that it might be time to consider giving a third dose of its coronavirus vaccine to people, many doctors and public health officials argue that it’s more beneficial to get shots into the arms of the unvaccinated right now than to boost those who are already fully vaccinated.
“It’s wonderful to have a booster approved for emergency use authorization on the shelf ready to go any time we need it. But I do not think we need it right now,” Dr. William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, told CNN on Friday.
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Claire Manos plans to shop for supplies and a few clothes to get ready for a new school year next month in Tennessee, but one major item isn’t on her back-to-school list: getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The 14-year-old became eligible for the vaccine in May when it opened to children ages 12-15, but Claire said she’s not ready for that step, even if scientists recommend it.
“I guess I’m just waiting to see how everybody does with it,” explained the incoming freshman at Wilson Central High School in Lebanon, just east of Nashville, while shopping with a friend Thursday.
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