Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram explains the data behind the bivalent boosters.
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(This video was recorded on September 18, 2022)
Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.
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COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Vaccination Status Dashboard (Texas HHS) | https://www.dshs.texas.gov/immunize/c…
Fact check: New COVID-19 boosters were tested in just 8 mice? Should it matter? (CBS17) | https://www.cbs17.com/community/healt…
Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Omicron-Modified Bivalent Vaccine (CDC) | https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/mee…
Pfizer and BioNTech Announce Omicron-Adapted COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Demonstrate High Immune Response Against Omicron (BusinessWire) | https://www.businesswire.com/news/hom…
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