One of the most difficult aspects of COVID-19, we have maintained since the name first came into our vocabulary more than 18 months ago, is sorting through the torrent of information about the virus and choosing what to keep and what to reject.
You know what we mean: Is the virus 1918 flu bad or Legionnaires disease bad? Are masks our enemy or our friend? Will this be over by Christmas or linger for years? Are vaccines helpful or unsafe? And on and on.
Too much information and not knowing what’s true is why some people have avoided the preventive measures and vaccines that would help them.
Now we can add Wednesday’s Food and Drug Administration approval of Pfizer vaccine boosters for seniors and others at high risk for the virus.
But 1) Didn’t the Biden administration get its hand slapped by FDA officials recently by trying to unveil a plan for boosters? and 2) Aren’t people already getting the boosters anyway?