That’s AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot dismissing the utility of booster Covid shots in an interview with The Telegraph UK. He argues that research already shows that the first jab offers immunity to younger people for “more than a year for sure”—even for three or four years. It is only valuable in the case of the elderly as they are more at risk. FYI: a number of countries, including India and the US, have been urging citizens to get a booster vaccination.

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