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    COVID BOOSTERS: WILL WE NEED THEM TO PROTECT US AGAINST FUTURE VARIANTS?

    Jun 30, 2021 3 minutes
    by DR JEREMY ROSSMAN

    SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES

    COVID boosters | Electric car batteries | False widows

    “It is too early to know how long the COVID-19 vaccine immunity lasts, but there is good evidence that immunity will continue for at least six months for most people”

    Visit the BBC’s Reality Check website at bit.ly/reality_check_or follow them on Twitter @BBCRealityCheck

    The UK has recently initiated one of the first studies evaluating COVID-19 booster shots. The study, led by the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust,

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