Prognosis
Biden's Booster Crusade Limps to Finish Line, Dogged by Uncertainty
Only a portion of the U.S. will be eligible despite a White House drive for wider access
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program
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The U.S. will begin giving Covid-19 booster shots to millions of Americans on Friday — a watershed moment in the nation’s battle against the pandemic that officials hope will beat back another brutal winter wave of infections.
But even after months of internal debate between political appointees and health and science officials in the Biden administration, little consensus has emerged on whether widespread boosters are medically necessary or morally just.