2021-05-13

A good coronavirus news day

The CDC has updated its guidance around COVID-19, saying that fully vaccinated people can essentially return to normal life, with the exception of very specific settings (health care offices, etc.) and subject to laws and rules set by businesses.

Also, top scientists question the need for COVID-19 booster shots:

Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla has said people will “likely” need a booster dose of the company’s vaccine every 12 months - similar to an annual flu shot – to maintain high levels of immunity against the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants. 

  “There is zero, and I mean zero, evidence to suggest that that is the case,” countered Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.