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The Hot New Vaccine Shortcut That Could Go Horribly Wrong

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Giving as many people as possible one dose rather than two might sound tempting. It could be a recipe for disaster.

David Axe

Updated Jan. 01, 2021 3:44AM ET / Published Jan. 01, 2021 12:39AM ET 

If two doses of a vaccine are 95 percent effective in protecting you from COVID, then taking just one dose should still offer some protection while doubling the number of people a given supply of vaccine can cover, right?

It’s not that simple, experts say. And despite everyone from credentialed epidemiologists to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the U.K. government endorsing some version of the idea, most experts say going rogue on the two-dose regimen could backfire big time.

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