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ing in the director of NIAID. Of note, Yasmeen Abutaleb wrote an article this morning in the Washington Post in which she described this exact problem. (see below). Getting back do the concept of boosters, it is very clear that it is the right thing to do . However, given the fluid nature of the situation , we had to make some "majestic leaps" by anticipating that something was going to happen such as diminution of vaccine protection and acting on this now even though the data we're not absolutely firm. A lot of people got bent out of shape about this, but they are not responsible for the public health and they could guess and say whatever they want as have many "talking heads" with impunity because if they are right they look great but if they are wrong , which they usually are, then no one really cares because they have no authority or responsibility. PRESS: NBC "Nightly News" with Lester Holt; CBS "Evening News" with David Begnaud; MSNBC "The Reid Out" with Joy Reid; CNN with Chris Cuomo; The Post's View Opinion: The covid-19 boosters have the same goals as the first shots: Survival and resilience