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Moderna CEO Predicts More Boosters Needed in Fall Moderna boss Stephane Bancel foresees a need for another round of boosters by fall, even if the Omicron variant accelerates the world to an endemic stage of living with Covid. Speaking at a healthcare conference Thursday he added it was impossible to tell how long people will need boosters given unknown mutations. Recent UK data shows, for example, that vaccine resistance to Omicron wanes faster than to Delta. Moderna is developing an Omicron-specific vaccine, as well as shots tailored towards different combinations of strains. Produce the supply, ramp up the demand - is it a conflict of interest for Big Pharma to advise on vaccines?