Commentary: Does ‘living with COVID-19’ in Singapore mean we will always need booster shots?

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As Singapore lifts more COVID-19 restrictions, there are questions about whether current vaccines will protect us against new viral variants. But the risks of repeated boosters for all might outweigh the benefits now, says Duke-NUS Medical School’s Ooi Eng Eong.

before the pandemic. But COVID-19 is here to stay and we can expect new variants of concern to emerge periodically.

If we aim to stop all cases from happening, then we need baseline levels of antibodies to be sustained over long periods. That can only be done through repeated booster vaccinations. I think the choice has been made for us by the virus. Variants will continue to emerge as that is a matter of survival for the virus. We will not be able to block SARS-CoV-2 out from the human population entirely.ALWAYS A QUESTION OF RISKS VERSUS BENEFITS

 

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With politics out of the way, academics now sheepishly admitting the idea of endless boosters are dangerous & stupid. I will add on to say right off the bat the vax shd have just been offered to older demographic & comorbidities as even earlier strains has 99.99% survival rate.

Not in form of booster. In form of prevention. To clear stock perhaps.

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