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Everything You Need to Know about COVID Booster Shots

BU epidemiologist Cassandra Pierre explains why coronavirus vaccine boosters are necessary, whether they’ll protect against the Delta variant and more. Pierre, a Boston Medical Center associate hospital epidemiologist and medical director of public health programs, also a BU School of Medicine assistant professor of medicine and chairs the school’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council.