Pfizer CEO said during panel today that people will have to get a third "booster" shot of the Covid vaccine 6-12 months after receiving the two initial shots, and then potentially everyone will have to be vaccinated again each year facebook.com/watch/live/?v=…
"There are vaccines that are like polio that one dose is enough... and there are vaccines like flu than you need every year," he said.
"The Covid virus looks more like the influenza virus than the polio virus."
"The Covid virus looks more like the influenza virus than the polio virus."
Biden official said something similar this morning. "Dr David Kessler, the Biden administration's chief science officer of COVID response, said that Americans should expect to receive booster shots, especially as variant continue to spread."
Pfizer began studying a third dose of their vaccine in late Feb. The booster shot is aimed at protecting against future variants, which may be better at evading antibodies from the vaccine than earlier strains. About 144 volunteers will be given the third dose.
Just going to put this here at the end of this "bad news" Pfizer thread. In fact I think I'll use it for the end of all of my depressing threads going forward.
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