# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428 "2021-01-01T08:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/689 "2021-02-26T01:49:48Z")

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FWIW: the change in booster timing was discussed a fair bit in this older thread:

> [@I am beginning to think that this pandemic won't end --\> now focussed on vaccine booster timing questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-beginning-to-think-that-this-pandemic-wont-end/930740/10):
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> My concern is that, for some reason, some policy makers are screwing around with Vax schedules. If we follow schedules that do not conform to the data-driven, prescribed schedules, there are no guarantees that we will vaccinate enough people to achieve herd-immunity. Right now, if I understand things correctly, test data associated with vaccine prescribed administration is probably the best known aspect of this pandemic, and following said administrations is probably the best way of beating or…

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