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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Aug 2021

      So the US will soon provide "boosters" even to immunocompetent, healthy young adults with two doses of Moderna or Pfizer while many healthcare workers around the world without even a single shot work to respond to surges in nations with little vaccine supply? Where's that data?pic.twitter.com/DepELYsTxY

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Aug 2021

      Here's that statement from the HHS. It says booster "subject to FDA conducting an independent evaluation and determination of the safety and effectiveness of a third dose". Why the press release *now*, then? How is this not pressure on the FDA? Come on. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/08/18/joint-statement-hhs-public-health-and-medical-experts-covid-19-booster-shots.html …pic.twitter.com/lkzX9JrD2L

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Aug 2021

      We don't have clear data. That's a tragedy, but here we are. Let's provide boosters anyway to people in long-term care facilities, the immunocompromised and maybe some high-risk folks and the elderly based on principles and limited data? Can see that. Everyone? Via press release?

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Aug 2021

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          Yes, understandable for individuals. Which is why we need *policy* to be based on evidence, science, equity and precautionary principles *as warranted*. Boosters at-will for young healthy adults with two mRNA shots while countries lose healthcare workers?https://twitter.com/andrewthesmart/status/1428018871596773387?s=20 …

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          this is where individual versus group interests diverge: do i think we should vaccinate young kids, rest of the world first? YES, will i take a booster the first chance i get? also YES.
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Aug 2021

          Rapid tests widely distributed for free, fully approve the vaccines and broaden mandates, free higher-grade masks for indoor workers, boosters now for the immunocompromised, J&J recipients and high-risk groups? How about all that, before we offer a third Moderna to a 18-year old?

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        2. Jessica Pickett‏ @pickettjessica 18 Aug 2021
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          My hypothesis is that they wanted to get the additional procurement contracts in place ahead of time and thought transparency would mitigate the risk of leaks

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        3. Danielle M. Wenner‏ @DanielleWenner 18 Aug 2021
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          IOW: they wanted to get their orders in before fulfillment for LMICs got rolling? Disgraceful...

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        1. Aaron Stewart-Ahn‏Verified account @somebadideas 18 Aug 2021
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          Has there been a single peer reviewed study on the safety of third doses yet, or even a phase trial?

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        2. Aaron Sibarium‏ @aaronsibarium 18 Aug 2021
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          If you go by 8 months after the second shot, you are effectively prioritizing by age, since we did by and large vaccinate the elderly first. Most young people weren’t fully vaxxed until April or March at the absolute earliest, so they wouldn’t get boosted until Nov or Dec…

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        3. Aaron Sibarium‏ @aaronsibarium 18 Aug 2021
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          And in many cases people 55-64 weren’t vaccinated till April, so under this schedule some 64 year olds aren’t going to be boosted till December. If anything that seems too slow to me—big risk that waning immunity + seasonality + delta = widespread breakthroughs.

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