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Pfizer Pushes Fourth Shot. But What’s It Really Boosting?

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A corporate CEO’s call for a fourth shot struck those closely watching the pandemic as self-serving.

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By Arthur Allen | KHN

When Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said March 13 that all Americans would need a second booster shot, it struck many COVID experts as a self-serving remark without scientific merit.

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