Fourth COVID-19 Shot May Weaken Ability To Fight COVID-19
As Israel’s government is deciding whether to approve a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines, experts have warned that an additional dose is not backed by data and could actually be detrimental to the body’s ability to fight COVID-19. According to The New York Times, a “panel of experts advising the Israeli government on the pandemic recognized that uncertainty, but on Tuesday it recommended giving a fourth dose, concluding that the potential benefits outweighed the risks.” The panel “pointed to signs of waning immunity a few months after the third shot, and said that any delay in additional doses might prove