The Claim:
A group out of New Zealand is claiming that a prominent pro-vaccine doctor has changed her stance about COVID vaccines.
The Facts:
The doctor in question, Dr. Petousis-Harris, has been quite clear that she believes the vaccine is life-saving, recently saying “The first vaccines deployed were effective beyond expectation.”
When speaking specifically to the bivalent booster, however, Dr. Petousis-Harris believes that while the booster can be quite useful for some, it has limited utility for others. “The argument for the benefit of a second booster in a young healthy person is very different to the argument for a second booster in a person living in an aged care facility.”
Her statements are not a change of heart. In fact, she is saying that the original series plus booster was so helpful, that additional doses won’t offer significantly more protection.
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