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COVID-19 and Boosters: What You Need to Know
The latest news on the ongoing global pandemic
“We know how to bring the economy back to life. What we do not know is how to bring people back to life.” — President of Ghana, Akufo Addo
COVID-19 has killed almost as many Americans as the 1918–19 Spanish flu, around 676,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. is projected to reach a cumulative total of more than 780,000 deaths by March 2022.
It is a tragedy that even with the widespread availability of vaccines, many people are choosing not to take them.
So far, only 182 million Americans are fully vaccinated, translating into 55% of the population.
The COVID-19 Virus and Vaccination
Scientists predict that the COVID-19 virus could gradually weaken as it mutates. The latter could occur as our immune systems learn to attack the virus mainly through vaccination and surviving infection.
The best-case scenario is that the weakening of the virus could occur gradually over a few years.
According to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
“COVID-19 vaccination has continued to…
