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Should we have COVID-19 vaccine boosters for young adults? Harvard and Johns Hopkins scientists say the actual risks outweigh the benefits. Photo courtesy of Courtney Cook via Unsplash.<\/p><\/div>\n

Vaccine boosters for young adults. Do they need them? Is it better not to get them?<\/p>\n

I was in the hospital last week to visit a friend. The receptionist, wearing a mask<\/a>, had a large black and white button on her lapel that proudly proclaimed she’d had her COVID-19 vaccines<\/a>! We chatted. She told me she’d had four. I asked her what she thought about the fifth? She wasn’t even aware that the CDC and FDA fast-tracked an “updated” vaccine purportedly to protect against the Omicron variant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CDC recommends vaccine boosters for young adults<\/h3>\n

On September 1, the CDC issued a press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices\u2019 (ACIP) recommendations for use of updated COVID-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech for people ages 12 years and older and from Moderna for people ages 18 years and older.<\/p>\n

Updated COVID-19 boosters add Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 spike protein components to the current vaccine composition, helping to restore protection that has waned since previous vaccination by targeting variants that are more transmissible and immune-evading.<\/p>\n

In the coming weeks, CDC also expects to recommend updated COVID-19 boosters for other pediatric groups…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Harvard and Johns Hopkins scientists weigh in<\/h3>\n

At the same time, however, a team of top scientists and researchers, from literally the best universities in the country (yes, including Harvard), have published 50-page study<\/a> where they unequivocally show that vaccine boosters for young adults:<\/p>\n