CDC signs off on Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters and says people can get a shot different from their original one washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
The green light from CDC Director Rochelle Walensky means that nearly 100 million Americans at risk of severe disease can choose any of the three boosters now authorized in the U.S. regardless of their original shot.
Here’s what you need to know: wapo.st/3jpBckr
Here’s what you need to know: wapo.st/3jpBckr
A patient who receives a second or third dose that is from a different manufacturer than the prior dose will be “mixing and matching” vaccines.
Those vaccines are also called “heterologous.” wapo.st/3jpBckr
Those vaccines are also called “heterologous.” wapo.st/3jpBckr
Regulators have authorized “mix-and-match” booster shots for anyone over the age of 65, adults with underlying conditions that put them at high risk of serious covid-19 infections, and front line workers over the age of 18. wapo.st/3jpBckr
A recent study presented to the CDC on Friday that tracked people who received mix and match boosters did not report any severe adverse events related to the vaccines. wapo.st/3jpBckr
The jury is still out on whether a covid infection provides enough lasting immunity to forego a booster shot.
An immune system that has to fight the virus certainly produces antibodies, but those antibodies may fade away with time. wapo.st/3jpBckr
An immune system that has to fight the virus certainly produces antibodies, but those antibodies may fade away with time. wapo.st/3jpBckr
“We really want everybody to think about it like topping off your antibody levels, like topping off the tank before winter comes,” said Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the division of infectious-disease at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. wapo.st/3jpBckr
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