U.S. to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months.

Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months – Associated Press

See also: Biden administration expected to advise Covid booster shots for most Americans – CNN AND US experts expected to recommend Covid booster shots for all – The Guardian

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

This decision seems to reflect a common fallacy; trying to reason about whether we "need X" just based on what things are like without X, rather than how much X will do to help.

It's surprising to see it at play in a decision of such consequence.

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— Wes Pegden (@WesPegden) August 17, 2021