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Third COVID Vaccine Dose Could Be the Last
MedPage Today ^ | Aug 18, 2021 | Amanda D'Ambrosio

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.

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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The hepatitis B vaccine is a series of three vaccines at Initial injection, one month and six months — it might stand to reason that this is the same — and yes hepatitis B is a virus just like a lot of other viral vaccines that confer life long immunity.


21 posted on 08/18/2021 2:09:42 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Am beginning to wonder if the jab works at all. Just blame its failure on a variant. Heard today on radio news that 1/3 of all new cases are showing up in vaccinated people. That’s close to half. Hmmmm


22 posted on 08/18/2021 2:15:53 PM PDT by xenia ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
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the last booster doesn’t sound ka-chingy enough


23 posted on 08/18/2021 2:17:21 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Someone in the Canadian Health Department crunched the numbers months ago and recommended pretty much the same thing - wait 4 months, not 4 weeks, for the 2nd jab. She was mocked and accused of trying to ration the doses.

There are others who said get one of each of the 2 jabs: one Moderna and one Pfizer. Some countries are rolling out a 3rd jab, a booster, and switching suppliers for the 3rd after seeing higher than expected “fail” rates from their originally chosen vaccine.


24 posted on 08/18/2021 2:18:28 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

shots are not vaccine it just turns you into a carrier that is a danger to those not vaccinated


25 posted on 08/18/2021 2:18:43 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

None and done.

And still kicking.


26 posted on 08/18/2021 2:20:21 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

27 posted on 08/18/2021 2:25:43 PM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
"One more jab is all you'll need."

28 posted on 08/18/2021 2:29:54 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“That may be it for a while, we may not need annual boosters,”

Notice the word “may”. In other words he hasn’t the faintest factual evidence for what he is saying .... just hyping the current correctness.


29 posted on 08/18/2021 2:30:33 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

A heads up. They are now pushing the new improved shingles “vaccine” .... yep, two shot protocol .... any bets that it is Mrna?


30 posted on 08/18/2021 2:32:28 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

2 weeks to flatten the curve.


31 posted on 08/18/2021 2:32:58 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Just a two week lockdown and we can get back to normal……


32 posted on 08/18/2021 2:35:15 PM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

This is from Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown.


33 posted on 08/18/2021 2:36:18 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“Could Be the Last” is a sentence without meaning. “Could be Michael Jackson’s glove” contains the same amount of information. Zero.


34 posted on 08/18/2021 2:39:22 PM PDT by I want the USA back (We have more to fear from our government than from the bug that the chicoms made for us. )
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To: PCPOET7
it just turns you into a carrier that is a danger to those not vaccinated

That is what a vaccine for Marek's disease does in poultry. The vaccinated chickens become carriers for ever more lethal variants. Some percentage of the vaccinated flock will still get the disease. They die. Early culling may prevent the spread, but sometimes the entire flock must be culled and the coop disinfected.

100% of the non-vaccinated chickens will die from Marek's disease if exposed to an outbreak.

Does this analogy apply to COVID-19 and the mRNA treatment? I do not know. I hope not, as I have placed my bets on ADE reactions being the future problem. Those may be treatable. A "choice" between a disabling vaccine and a lethal infection is a problem without a solution, at least in this world.

To the oligarchs, we are all just livestock anyway. They believe that nothing they do will have any negative consequences for them. Historical experience suggests they will have unpleasant educations on that viewpoint.

35 posted on 08/18/2021 3:02:03 PM PDT by flamberge (Time has run out. Work with what you've got.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Typical leftist lies. No, really, just one more shot. No, really, just one more gun control law. No, really, just one more climate measure. No, really, just one more illegal immigrant...

Are you getting it yet? The left is all lies. "Just one more" of anything is never the last. How many times does Lucy have to pull that football away from you Charlie before you realize they are always going to want more. Always, until you make them stop.

36 posted on 08/18/2021 3:36:34 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: srmanuel

Only once. Nobody objected to the vaccinations. Everyone was terrified of the disease, as they should have been. So they were able to eradicate it.

Unfortunately, that kind of trust went out with the hula hoop.


37 posted on 08/18/2021 3:43:48 PM PDT by firebrand ( )
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To: Freee-dame

That statement is not applicable to what we’re discussing, besides being wrong.


38 posted on 08/18/2021 3:45:09 PM PDT by firebrand ( )
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To: cgbg

How come you can say pro-vaxxer but I can’t say anti-vaxxer? Wasn’t that you?


39 posted on 08/18/2021 3:46:25 PM PDT by firebrand ( )
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To: ro_dreaming

With ya dude


40 posted on 08/18/2021 3:51:38 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there..)
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