Posted on 08/18/2021 1:52:38 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, said on CNN Monday night that a 3-week interval between the first and second doses of Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, for instance, may not have been enough time to spur an extended immune response, with the initial shots acting only as a primary immunization.
An 8-month lag, on the other hand, could boost immunity significantly, Hotez said, with the potential to yield high levels of virus-neutralizing antibody and an immune response that is "really robust."
"That may be it for a while, we may not need annual boosters," Hotez said. "This could be the third and done."
Since it's typical for antibodies to wane over time, it's common for vaccines to be administered in multiple doses over a longer time period. People get three shots over a 6-month period for hepatitis B, for instance, and a four-dose regimen is recommended for polio.
"In fact, it is unusual to give a one-dose, give-and-go vaccine," John Moore, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, told MedPage Today. "Most vaccines require at least two shots."
In a multi-dose vaccine regimen, a longer interval between doses gives the immune system time to mature, Moore said. During this time period, a process called affinity maturation takes place, which causes antibodies to improve in quality while dwindling in number, he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at medpagetoday.com ...
If I were to get 1 shot, it will be port-mortem after succumbing to lead poisoning or some other fatal ailment (like the shots).
LULZ.
Ominous headline.
Nope, just like in dogs and cattle the best you can hope for is around 6 months, if at all. Its just the way corona cold viruses work.
“That should quiet down the peasants for a while. Wait until they find out what we really intend to do with the mRNA vaccines!”
Guess shis means the third one will finally do the job and kill ya!
I seem to remember as a kid the Polio vaccine was a drop of liquid on a sugar cube and it only had to be taken once in your life....according to this article that’s not longer the case, did the polio vaccine change in the last 50 years or so, perhaps I’m wrong..
In other words, the booster injection will be good until the next election cycle.
The polio vaccine was a true vaccine. The Miriam Webster online dictionary had to add an additional definition for the word “vaccine“ to make it cover this mRNA shot.
Laughed out loud - then I remembered many will believe anything government tells them.
The pro-Vaxxer arms are gonna look like heroin addicts.
You can’t fix stupid.
Agreed it is an “ominous headline” ... recalling the observation that covid isn’t the biological weapon, it’s the vaccines.
“May” and “Could” should be good enough, strong words there.
If you die from it?
Just like so many furniture store last final mega spectacular going out of business sales. Everything must go!
This never ending vaccine scam will only end we boot out every political incumbent at the ballot box.
“Third COVID Vaccine Dose Could Be the Last”
I think that’s what scares a lot of people.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.