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As rollout falters, scientists debate new vaccination tactics – The Japan Times
Should second doses be delayed? Should most adults receive half-doses? Scientists are pondering ways to get more shots into more arms.
Doses of other routine vaccines, she noted, are scheduled several months apart or even longer, to great success. Lets vaccinate as many people as possible now, and give them the booster dose when they become available, she said.
Dr. Robert Wachter, an infectious disease physician at the University of California, San Francisco, said he was originally skeptical of the idea of delaying second doses.
But the disappointingly slow vaccine rollout in the United States, coupled with concerns about a new…
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