COVID Vaccine Boosters: Who Needs Them and How People Bypass the Rules to Get One, Even Without Approval

Dr. Yomaris Pena, an internal medicine physician at Somos Community Care, removes the last dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from a vial so as not to waste it at a vaccination site in New York’s East Harlem neighborhood on 1 from January. 15, 2021. An untold number of Americans have been successful in receiving COVID-19 booster vaccines even though the US government has not approved them. They are doing this by taking advantage of the nation’s vaccine surplus and a loose following of those who have been fully vaccinated. (Mary Altaffer, AP file) (Mary Altaffer/AP)

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