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

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

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Covid boosters are a quick and safe means of topping up these antibodies. Yet, in the UK, eligibility for the free NHS spring 2024 booster Covid vaccine is restricted to people aged 75 years and older, residents in care homes for older people, and those aged six months and over with a weakened immune system.

In the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people aged 65 and above should receive an additional dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed that everyone is offered an annual, single-dose booster – similar to the annual flu shot – with a second dose for those at greater risk of severe disease, including children under two years and adults aged 50 or older.

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