The shifting definition of fully vaccinated

Between the lines: This definition has potential ripple effects, as many cities around the U.S. have begun vaccine mandates.

While some businesses, universities and others have begun to require the booster shots, most are using the CDC’s definition of “fully vaccinated,” which means a person has completed their primary series of COVID vaccines.

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Canada’s top public health officials said Friday they are re-examining the definition of fully vaccinated, the Globe and Mail reported.

The other side: “When I ask patients ‘Are you fully vaccinated and they say ‘yes,’ they may have gotten that second shot seven or eight months ago. So they are not really protected at the levels we need them to be protected,” Owais Durrani, an emergency medicine physician at UT Health San Antonio, told Yahoo Finance.

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