- In a tweet,
House Judiciary Committee GOP members questioned COVID-19 booster shots. - "If the booster shots work, why don't they work?" the tweet said.
Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee questioned the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination booster shots on Twitter on Thursday as the Omicron variant continues to spread across the US.
"If the booster shots work, why don't they work?" tweeted the official account of the 19 Republican members of the committee, whose ranking member is Rep.
In the now-deleted tweet, the members don't describe their grounds for questioning the effectiveness of the booster.
A follow-up tweet $4 on record numbers of COVID-19 infections in the US due to the Omicron surge.
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Jordan has long promoted misinformation about COVID-19 and opposed vaccine mandates. $4 was "done" with COVID-19.
He is one of several Republicans $4 to contain the virus and questioned its severity.
But the disease continues to claim thousands of lives in the US daily, and there are growing concerns about the capacity of hospitals to cope with a new surge in $4, which is highly contagious and evades some vaccine protections.
On its website, $4 says that the vaccine's "effectiveness at preventing infection or severe illness wanes over time" and that a booster is necessary to shore up the body's defenses against the disease.
"The recent emergence of the Omicron variant further emphasizes the importance of vaccination, boosters, and prevention efforts needed to protect against COVID-19," the website says.
Jordan is an ally of former President Donald Trump. But Trump has provoked anger among some allies by advocating vaccines. He was booed by some supporters at a recent $4 $4 reported that several factions of the right wing were furious after Trump lauded the COVID-19 vaccines.