Scott Duke Kominers, Columnist

World Can Have Covid Boosters and Its First Doses, Too

There is a way to bolster existing immunity and speed up the next phase of vaccination at the same time.

September 28, 2021 at 12:30 PM UTC

Scott Duke Kominers is the MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and a faculty affiliate of the Harvard University department of economics.

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As the U.S. and other developed countries start rolling out Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, many are expressing concern that this will slow down the global vaccination campaign — prolonging the pandemic and causing significant harm along the way.

But there is a way to deliver boosters and speed up the next phase of vaccination at the same time. It’s the difference between pushing and pulling.