Posted on 03/13/2022 8:39:45 PM PDT by algore
To help fend off another wave of Covid-19, people will need a fourth dose of vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CBS on Sunday.
"Many variants are coming, and Omicron was the first one that was able to evade -- in a skillful way -- the immune protection that we're giving," Bourla told CBS' "Face the Nation."
"The protection we are getting from the third (dose) it is good enough -- actually quite good for hospitalizations and deaths," Bourla said.
Here's what could lie ahead for the third year of the pandemic
But protection after three doses is "not that good against infections" and "doesn't last very long" when faced with a variant like Omicron.
"It is necessary, a fourth (dose) for right now," Bourla told CBS.
Currently, anyone ages 12 and up who got a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at least five months ago can get a third dose.
Anyone ages 18 and up who got the two-dose Moderna vaccine should get a booster shot six months after the second dose, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And anyone who got the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine should get a booster shot after two months, the CDC said.
Some moderately or severely immunocompromised people who have had three doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccines can already get a fourth dose of vaccine, according to the CDC.
But it's not clear if or when the US Food and Drug Administration might authorize a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine for healthy teens and adults.
Kids under 5 might soon be able to get vaccinated
Currently, children ages 5 to 11 are eligible for two pediatric doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine but are not yet eligible for a booster. Pfizer is testing a third
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He’s just a liar.
I have a fourth dose of GFY to that moron.
FYV.
Where’s he been? It’s all WW III and climate change (again) now. Covid is so last year.
Just. Stop.
Enough.
At this rate of declining efficacy, people will need to be boosted every month.
I'll say it again: if people took the shot voluntarily, that's their personal decision and I'll never criticize them for it. But Mr. Pfizer should be honest about the data...there's something in the Commandments about lying.
This sounds like something that would be sold by TV character
Mister Haney from Green Acres.
Haney was a classic Snake Oil Salesman with a wagon full of things that usually did not work. Yet, he was able to bamboozle Oliver Douglas, a trained New York lawyer to buy something upon every visit to Olivers farm.
Hey Albert - I have a does of KMA you can have!
I won’t even ask how long some people are going to keep lapping up this BS. Apparently forever.
"HI, I'm Billy Mays!"
I might trust the ‘snake oil’ to taste better and have a higher proof
“Another haircut needs, says greedy barber”
I thought third time was supposed to be the charm.
When does the 30th dose come?
Pfizer has become Brawndo.
“A fourth dose of notavax poison is needed...to ensure we meet our obscene profit projections”
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