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.聽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.聽鈥淚f you have more antibodies around, you can protect yourself, even against the variants, better. That鈥檚 the idea behind the booster,鈥� Wohl said.
鈥淭his is all a hedge that I think is based upon some of the evidence pointing to a scenario we don鈥檛 want to happen, which is vaccinated people start to get really sick. I don鈥檛 think that鈥檚 going to happen, but the administration doesn鈥檛 want to take a chance on that.聽It鈥檚 not reacting. It鈥檚 being very proactive, which I applaud,鈥� Wohl said.