A month after receiving one of the revamped COVID vaccines, the head of the agency in charge of disease control for the United States has tested positive for COVID-19.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky’s infection could add another “why bother,” some immunologists and observers worry, for people sitting on the fence over the new bivalent vaccines, which target both the Omicron and original strains of SARS-CoV-2.
Others say the important point is that Walensky’s symptoms are mild. “That is what the vaccine is supposed to do in 2022,” Al Tompkins, of the Poynter Institute, wrote in his daily morning briefing Monday.
Walensky contracted COVID despite being up to date on COVID shots and masking during a World Health Summit last week in Berlin. She masked at all times during the two-day meeting, except for eating or publicly speaking, a spokesperson for Walensky told Reuters.
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