Dr. Vin Gupta explained that the most effective way to combat Covid-19 is to help vaccinate the rest of the world before giving out a booster shot
Intensive-care unit and lung doctor Dr. Vin Gupta told CNBC that the most effective way to combat the coronavirus pandemic is to help vaccinate the rest of the world before administering booster shots to healthy Americans under the age of 65.
"An 'America First' strategy with vaccines should actually be to try to vaccinate as much of the world as possible, so that we can protect as many people as possible and mitigate the chance of a variant arising that will render all the existing vaccines useless, that's an 'America First' approach that will keep us as safe as possible," said Gupta, a professor at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
after their second dose. If the Food and Drug Administration signs off on the move, people could start getting a third shot as early as next month. Gupta argued that the move did not make sense during a Tuesday evening interview on"Giving more vaccine to people who do not necessarily need it, given the data today, makes no sense, and it's not going to save lives, it's actually not going to protect us and end this pandemic any more quickly," Gupta said.
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