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Our View: COVID boosters key to getting through Maine winter

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion October 05, 2022

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Heading into the fall and winter in the Northeast, it’s hard to know what to expect of COVID, which is no longer front of mind but remains a threat to life, long-term health and normalcy. But it’s easy to know what to do about it. The bivalent boosters available now offer against moderate to severe COVID. Along with the immunity built up over the course of the pandemic and the effective therapeutics that await those with an infection, we... + full article



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