The Biden administration's determination to make COVID-19 booster shots widely available may be undermining confidence in the available vaccines, Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, told The Atlantic.
"Whether it's the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson, you consistently have excellent protection against severe illness," he said, adding that that hasn't changed despite an increasing number of breakthrough infections.
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