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Are third vaccines and vaccine boosters the same thing?

Are third vaccines and vaccine boosters the same thing?

FromScience Weekly


Are third vaccines and vaccine boosters the same thing?

FromScience Weekly

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Sep 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Joint Committee on Vaccines and Immunisation (JCVI) is recommending that a third jab be offered to people with weakened immune systems but the programme and rollout are different to the Covid vaccine boosters expected to be discussed by the JCVI later on Thursday. Shivani Dave speaks to professor of immunology and infectious disease at the University of Edinburgh, Eleanor Riley, and the Guardian science correspondent, Nicola Davis, about the distinctions between booster jabs and third jabs Coronavirus – latest updates. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
Released:
Sep 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Science Weekly podcast will now explore some of the crucial scientific questions about Covid-19. Led by its usual hosts  Ian Sample,  Hannah Devlin and  Nicola Davis, as well as the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, we’ll be taking questions – some sent by you – to experts on the frontline of the global outbreak. Send us your questions here:  theguardian.com/covid19questions