Thread by @celinegounder

1/ Why is there so much confusion about boosters?

Let's start with who would CLEARLY benefit from an additional dose of vaccine NOW:
- Elderly
- Nursing home & long-term care facility residents
- Immunocompromised persons
- People who got a single J&J vaccination

2/ @MSNBC's @SRuhle is right: what do we mean by "indicated"?

This is what's driving much of the disagreement among scientists on whether additional doses of vaccine are needed.

3/ Are we trying to prevent severe disease, hospitalization, & death?

Are we ALSO trying to prevent ALL infections & transmission?

We have yet to agree on this, but we need to have a frank conversation about what we're trying to achieve.

4/ What CAN our vaccines & other tools accomplish?

And how do we deploy those tools to achieve our goals?

newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/w…

5/ And how do we craft a PUBLIC HEALTH strategy that will have POPULATION-LEVEL impact?

Our current vaccine booster free-for-all will inevitably recreate the same health disparities our healthcare system is designed to create over & over & over again:

https://twitter.com/celinegounder/status/1458489285229912064?s=20

6/ Instead, it's every person for themselves...
because that's the American way, I guess?

But does it have to be?

https://twitter.com/celinegounder/status/1459221096624971780?s=20