The News & Observer reports on the Biden administration plans for COVID-19 vaccine boosters to combat waning immunity, as the delta variant causes cases to surge in North Carolina and the rest of the nation. Meanwhile, North Carolina reported the most hospitalizations in the state due to the virus since Jan. 29.
David Wohl, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases said that the vaccine protects against the delta variant and that the booster shots are there to maintain caution. “If you have more antibodies around, you can protect yourself, even against the variants, better. That’s the idea behind the booster,” Wohl said.
“This is all a hedge that I think is based upon some of the evidence pointing to a scenario we don’t want to happen, which is vaccinated people start to get really sick. I don’t think that’s going to happen, but the administration doesn’t want to take a chance on that. It’s not reacting. It’s being very proactive, which I applaud,” Wohl said.