jimnyc
08-12-2021, 02:05 PM
I am seeing this thus far as not really a vaccine like we know them, but rather a medication that can control the virus and maybe prevent death.
Right now, I am thinking I would maybe like to see peer reviewed studies from more trustworthy folks before I would continue to take booster shots. And will this be solely for compromised folks - or will folks in otherwise decent condition need the booster as well?
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Fauci Confirms It’s ‘Likely,’ ‘Inevitable’ Everyone Will Need COVID-19 Booster Shot
White House COVID-19 advisor Anthony Fauci said that it is “likely” and “inevitable” that people will need a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, coming as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is scheduled to meet on Friday to discuss the possibility of giving additional doses to certain individuals.
“It’s likely that that will happen at some time in the future,” Fauci told CBS News on Thursday when he was asked if everyone will need a booster shot in the future. Several days earlier, he and other officials said the booster shots will only be recommended for immunocompromised individuals.
“When it does get to a certain level, we will be prepared to give boosters to those people, but from what you just said a moment ago, it is imminent that we will be giving it to immune-compromised” individuals, he told CBS, appearing to suggest that he shifted the goalposts on the booster shots because COVID-19 data is being followed in real-time.
In a separate interview on Thursday with NBC News, Fauci further added that “inevitably, there will be a time when we’ll have to give boosts to the general population.”
The remarks come as Fauci, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and other officials have said the Delta COVID-19 variant can be transmitted among vaccinated people, creating confusion about whether vaccination is an effective means of dealing with the pandemic. Last month, the CDC issued a recommendation—based on a study in Cape Cod that found a significant number of vaccinated individuals could transmit the virus—that Americans in high-transmission areas wear masks.
But Fauci told NBC that the vaccines “are still doing what you originally want them to do,” which is “to keep you out of the hospital to prevent you from getting seriously ill.”
Meanwhile, a new study from nference and the Mayo Clinic found that the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 shots, which use mRNA technology, saw a decline in effectiveness in July. Moderna’s vaccine dropped to 76 percent, the report found, while Pfizer’s dropped to a mere 42 percent. The study didn’t evaluate the effectiveness of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which uses different technology.
Rest - https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-confirms-its-likely-inevitable-everyone-will-need-covid-19-booster-shot_3946006.html
Right now, I am thinking I would maybe like to see peer reviewed studies from more trustworthy folks before I would continue to take booster shots. And will this be solely for compromised folks - or will folks in otherwise decent condition need the booster as well?
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Fauci Confirms It’s ‘Likely,’ ‘Inevitable’ Everyone Will Need COVID-19 Booster Shot
White House COVID-19 advisor Anthony Fauci said that it is “likely” and “inevitable” that people will need a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, coming as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is scheduled to meet on Friday to discuss the possibility of giving additional doses to certain individuals.
“It’s likely that that will happen at some time in the future,” Fauci told CBS News on Thursday when he was asked if everyone will need a booster shot in the future. Several days earlier, he and other officials said the booster shots will only be recommended for immunocompromised individuals.
“When it does get to a certain level, we will be prepared to give boosters to those people, but from what you just said a moment ago, it is imminent that we will be giving it to immune-compromised” individuals, he told CBS, appearing to suggest that he shifted the goalposts on the booster shots because COVID-19 data is being followed in real-time.
In a separate interview on Thursday with NBC News, Fauci further added that “inevitably, there will be a time when we’ll have to give boosts to the general population.”
The remarks come as Fauci, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, and other officials have said the Delta COVID-19 variant can be transmitted among vaccinated people, creating confusion about whether vaccination is an effective means of dealing with the pandemic. Last month, the CDC issued a recommendation—based on a study in Cape Cod that found a significant number of vaccinated individuals could transmit the virus—that Americans in high-transmission areas wear masks.
But Fauci told NBC that the vaccines “are still doing what you originally want them to do,” which is “to keep you out of the hospital to prevent you from getting seriously ill.”
Meanwhile, a new study from nference and the Mayo Clinic found that the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 shots, which use mRNA technology, saw a decline in effectiveness in July. Moderna’s vaccine dropped to 76 percent, the report found, while Pfizer’s dropped to a mere 42 percent. The study didn’t evaluate the effectiveness of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which uses different technology.
Rest - https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-confirms-its-likely-inevitable-everyone-will-need-covid-19-booster-shot_3946006.html