“As the omicron variant creates record numbers of COVID-19 cases in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci are both moving away from using the phrase ‘fully vaccinated,’ even if a person has received a booster shot. ‘We’re using the terminology ‘keeping your vaccinations up to date’ rather than … ‘fully vaccinated,’ Fauci said at a National Institutes of Health presentation last week. “Right now, optimal protection is with a third shot of an mRNA or a second shot of a J&J.” The mRNA vaccines are Moderna and Pfizer.”
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