Third COVID shot boosts immunity tenfold - Israeli study now peer-reviewed

The rate of confirmed infections and of severe cases of COVID-19 was more than 10 times lower among people who received the booster compared to people who did not.

Third vaccine doses being administered at the Amigdor Retirement Residence by Magen David Adom (MDA), Jerusalem, August 5, 2021.

Third vaccine doses being administered at the Amigdor Retirement Residence by Magen David Adom (MDA), Jerusalem, August 5, 2021.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)

ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 14:59

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