“The facts are clear: Each new variant makes it more important to get vaccinated,” commissioner Chokshi said, noting that omicron’s spread makes “the stakes even higher for each individual to get vaccinated,” because the shots “will protect them and, most importantly, keep people out of the hospitals.”
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