“In short, Pandora's box is open, the boosters are here, and regardless of what the FDA and CDC say, the provision of them is functionally in the hands of patients and doctors. Is this how the system should work? Probably not. But in this case, it's hard to find a justification to deny boosters to those who really want them.”

F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, is an associate professor of medicine and director of Yale's Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator.