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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Linda Geddes Science correspondent

Covid boosters are a gamechanger – if they are free for everyone

Annual vaccinations could result in more than 120,000 fewer hospitalisations a year
Annual vaccinations could result in more than 120,000 fewer hospitalisations a year. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Private Covid boosters are available for people who do not qualify to receive these vaccines on the NHS. But is it worth paying for a shot?

With most people now having been exposed to Sars-CoV-2 through previous vaccination and/or infection, our immune systems are generally well equipped to recognise and kill the virus if we become infected.

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