“The data we have tells us that protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection begins to decline over time after the first doses of the vaccine and we are seeing reduced protection with the spread of the Delta variant. So we concluded that a booster injection will be needed to maximize vaccine-induced protection and extend its shelf life, “is the decision signed by eight health authorities, including Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The Joe Biden administration despite the moment of great clouding of popularity after the withdrawal from Afghanistan has decided to give a third dose of the Coronavirus vaccine starting from 20.
The third dose will be reserved for those vaccinated with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna and will be available to Americans vaccinated eight months ago.
But at the moment the decision still needs the okay from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Biden will ask nursing homes to have their employees vaccinated as a prerequisite for receiving federal funds for free Medicare and Medicaid health insurance.
Americans vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson will also likely need a booster dose. Probably because the only data that would indicate the need for the third dose come only from Big Pharma. Virologists are very perplexed but on one aspect they all agree “This is what people need to know: if you are fully vaccinated, you still have a high degree of protection against the worst effects of COVID, hospitalization, intensive care and death “.
The World Health Organization (WHO) had asked companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines to wait for the third dose, at least until the end of September. But the United States replied no to the recall saying that vaccines can be made and, at the same time, donated doses to poor countries (the US alone has donated 100 million doses).
The FDA has already authorized the third dose for immunosuppressed people (cancer patients, transplant recipients or patients with HIV).
The goal of these measures is to stop the spread of the Delta variant whose viral load is up to 1,200 times higher than other known variants.
In the country, there are still hundreds of thousands of health care workers working in nursing homes who are not vaccinated. And these structures have seen the largest number of deaths.