America’s Baffling Booster Messaging
“Vaccines are super important, but they can’t do this job alone.”
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Today the FDA authorized two updated COVID-19 vaccines, making the new shots available to millions of Americans as early as next week. (Wondering when you should get yours? Our science editor Rachel Gutman-Wei has a useful guide.)
In some ways, the timing of the new vaccines “couldn’t be better,” our science writer Katherine J. Wu wrote last week. But in others, it couldn’t be worse. Katie and I talked about the paradox of America’s fall booster plan, what happened to the CDC, and more.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
