More Covid Vaccine Boosters Are Coming. Who Should Get Them?

IN THE NEXT few days, an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to debate who should receive booster shots for the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, a follow-up to last week’s Food and Drug Administration committee meeting. By the end of this week, if those agencies’ directors approve, many millions more Americans should be eligible to receive additional shots.

By all indications, they are likely to take them. Boosting the Covid vaccines’ effectiveness has turned out to be very popular: According to the CDC, more...