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A 4th dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be needed, Pfizer's CEO says
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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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1 posted on 03/13/2022 8:39:45 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

He’s just a liar.


2 posted on 03/13/2022 8:40:54 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: algore

3 posted on 03/13/2022 8:41:45 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: algore

I have a fourth dose of GFY to that moron.


4 posted on 03/13/2022 8:41:47 PM PDT by gopno1
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To: algore

"Baby Needs A New Pair Of Shoes"


5 posted on 03/13/2022 8:42:18 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: algore

FYV.


6 posted on 03/13/2022 8:42:48 PM PDT by blackdog (Today's "disinformation" most often turns out to be tomorrow's facts. )
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To: algore

Where’s he been? It’s all WW III and climate change (again) now. Covid is so last year.


7 posted on 03/13/2022 8:45:02 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Vaccine mandates: they are not about health, they are about obedience.)
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To: algore

Just. Stop.

Enough.


8 posted on 03/13/2022 8:47:48 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVd)
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To: kiryandil; lightman
Primary immunization with two doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or BNT162b2 vaccine provided limited protection against symptomatic disease caused by the omicron variant. A BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 booster after either the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 or BNT162b2 primary course substantially increased protection, but that protection waned over time.

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.

9 posted on 03/13/2022 8:47:53 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: algore

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.


10 posted on 03/13/2022 8:48:28 PM PDT by lee martell
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Hey Albert - I have a does of KMA you can have!


11 posted on 03/13/2022 8:49:36 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: algore

I won’t even ask how long some people are going to keep lapping up this BS. Apparently forever.


12 posted on 03/13/2022 8:51:15 PM PDT by truthkeeper
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This sounds like something that would be sold by TV character

"HI, I'm Billy Mays!"

13 posted on 03/13/2022 8:51:16 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: lee martell

I might trust the ‘snake oil’ to taste better and have a higher proof


14 posted on 03/13/2022 8:51:22 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

“Another haircut needs, says greedy barber”


15 posted on 03/13/2022 8:51:34 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: algore

I thought third time was supposed to be the charm.


16 posted on 03/13/2022 8:52:38 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: algore

When does the 30th dose come?


17 posted on 03/13/2022 8:53:32 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: algore

Pfizer has become Brawndo.


18 posted on 03/13/2022 8:53:53 PM PDT by Brasky (You miss every shot you never take.)
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To: algore

“A fourth dose of notavax poison is needed...to ensure we meet our obscene profit projections”


19 posted on 03/13/2022 8:54:37 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: algore
 
 
They're still running commercials encouraging people to run out and get little kids the shot. They've even made some new new ads to supplement the old ones.
 
 

20 posted on 03/13/2022 8:55:14 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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