Top U.S. health officials are dismissing criticism from the World Health Organization over their plan to offer COVID booster shots to vaccinated Americans while some parts of the world are still struggling to get access to coronavirus vaccines.
Top U.S. health officials are dismissing criticism from the World Health Organization over the plan to offer
to vaccinated Americans while some parts of the world are still struggling to get access to coronavirus vaccines.recommendations that Americans over the age of 18 who received the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines should get a third booster shot eight months after receiving their second dose.At a virtual press conference announcing the booster program, members of the White House COVID-19 response team were asked to respond tofrom Dr.
“We’re planning to hand out extra life jackets to people who already have life jackets, while we’re leaving other people to drown without a single life,” Ryan said.“To end this pandemic, we have to protect the American people, and we have to continue to do more and more to vaccinate the world,” Zients said. “Both are critical.”Zients noted that in June and July, the United States administered 50 million vaccine doses to Americans while shipping more than 100 million overseas.
He added that the U.S. expects to administer 100 million booster shots to Americans while shipping an additional 200 million vaccine doses to other countries in the coming months.“I do not accept the idea that we have to choose between America and the world,” Murthy said. “We clearly see our responsibility to both.
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