wasting the booster

I understand the need for a booster - for the 3rd dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine starts to wear off eventually, providing decreased protection over time. How much time and at exactly what point does it become necessary are details for the scientists to work out, but the concept seems normal to me. For those of us who were vaccinated 5, 6 7 months ago, it seems reasonable to get the booster shot now, if deemed necessary by the experts. Initially they expected the vaccine would be good for about 6 months, pending further review, and it seems they were pretty close on mark to that estimate. That's al fine by me. 

Interestingly, the Ministry of Health has reportedly instructed the kupot cholim to expand the 3rd dose booster shots to be made available to everybody over the age of 12 as of tomorrow.

Now that makes no sense to me. Even if the 3rd dose is just as safe as the first and second, as I believe it is (as it is the same exact dose), what benefit could there possibly be to a 12-17 year old to getting the 3rd shot now? The first dose of the vaccine was only made available to them in mid-June, so the earliest any 12-17 year old could have been considered fully vaccinated was about mid-July, just 5-6 weeks ago. Why would they possibly need the 3rd dose booster now, and what benefit could it possibly provide to them? They are already fully vaccinated and the vaccine has not yet begun wearing off.

unless the new theory is that we all need 3 doses immediately (with x number of weeks in between them) and then the 3rd dose is not really a booster, as it has been called, but part of the initial dosage plan, but I have not heard it explained that way.

As it is, opening the 3rd dose to 12 year olds right now makes no sense to me.

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