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COVID Update: Experts Answer Questions on Boosters, Everyday Risks and What the Future Holds

An expert panel mines the latest data to discuss the COVID-related issues on patients’ minds. Our specialists shed light on why surges wane, which measures truly enhance protection, whether masks harm children, why the vaccines confer different degrees of immunity, which populations need a third shot, and other considerations.


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September 16, 2021

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UCSF MedConnection

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