Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have backed a broad rollout of new COVID-19 boosters.
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President Biden recently had an experience that many of us have gone through lately — a family member tested positive for COVID-19. It was first lady Jill Biden.
And like many of us, Biden faced the question: Should I cancel my own plans and isolate?
Unlike the rest of us, he had a press secretary on hand to answer. This is the exchange between a reporter and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre after the first lady’s diagnosis.
Reporter: If President Biden does test positive for COVID in the coming days, we can assume he’s not going to travel to India?
Jean-Pierre: I’m just not gonna get into hypotheticals. I’m really not. There’s no updates to his schedule. That’s where we are right now. He tested negative last night. He tested negative today. That’s what matters.
It seems like people all around us are testing positive for COVID, even as few of them become seriously ill.
Now the Food and Drug Administration has approved updated boosters, and on Tuesday, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended them for everyone 6 months and older.
So how should we be navigating the coronavirus pandemic right now?
All Things Considered‘s Ari Shapiro spoke to Dr. Robert Wachter, the chair of the department of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, about how to assess the risks.
This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
Interview highlights
Ari Shapiro: To start with just, like, a headline in a sentence or two, how would you describe where we are in this moment?
Robert Wachter:…
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