"We would hope, and this is something that we're looking at very carefully, that that third shot with the mRNA not only boosts you way up, but increases the durability so that you will not necessarily need it every six months or a year," Fauci said. "We're hoping it pushes it out more."
"If it doesn’t, and the data shows we need to do it more often, then we’ll do it, but we want to make sure we get the population optimally protected and you do whatever you need to do."
Fauci urged parents to vaccinate their children now so that they will be fully vaccinated by Christmas.
Peter Aitken is a New York born-and-raised reporter with a focus on national and global news.
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