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COVID boosters for wealthy nations spark outrage

Nations short of vaccine should get first doses to curb the pandemic, researchers say.
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Israel has announced plans to begin giving booster shots to older adults next week, in the hope of increasing their protection against COVID-19 — and a number of other wealthy countries are considering the same. But global-health researchers warn that this strategy could set back efforts to end the pandemic. Each booster, they say, represents a vaccine dose that could instead go to low- and middle-income countries, where most citizens have no protection at all, and where dangerous coronavirus variants could emerge as cases surge.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02109-1

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