Moderna Chairman Noubar Afeyan indicated on Tuesday that his company's COVID-19 shot could require yearly boosters. Afeyan added that the impact and death toll of the pandemic have been unlike anything experts have seen in the past century. Afeyan also said that the "initial vaccination will do a very good job of protecting us if we get infected." Recent data from the CDC also indicated that vaccinated Americans are currently getting their booster shots at a faster pace than those who are getting their first vaccine dose. As of last week, roughly 340,000 people were getting booster shots each day, compared to a daily average of 157,605 people who received their first vaccine shot during the same time period.
