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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Mayo Clinic Q&A: Experts urge COVID-19 boosters to fight omicron surge
Description: This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in December 2021
Guest:Â Gregory A. Poland, M.D. (@drgregpoland)
Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. (@hmgazelkamd)
More Americans are now eligible for COVID-19 booster doses as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the Pfizer vaccine booster for 16- and 17-year-olds late last week. Previously, only those 18 and older were eligible.
Early research suggests that a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine improves protection against severe disease caused by the omicron variant, according to Pfizer.
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