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Thread #167504   Message #4135387
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
05-Feb-22 - 05:04 PM
Thread Name: BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
Subject: RE: BS: New news on the pandemic COVID-19
I don't have to prove anything. We've all seen you do it. Now let's end this off topic bickering. Again.

Meanwhile, COVID-19.

The CDC is moving toward that fourth shot. A booster booster. CDC plans to let people with weakened immune systems get a booster earlier
That means allowing a fourth Pfizer or Moderna shot at three months instead of five
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to update its guidance for some people with weakened immune systems to receive a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine three months after completing the initial series of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine rather than at the current interval of five months.

Agency officials presented the anticipated changes Friday during a meeting of the CDC’s outside vaccine experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The updated guidance is expected to be released Monday.

Recommendations for some immunocompromised people are already different from guidance for the general population because those with frail immune systems are at increased risk for severe covid-19 complications and more likely to be infected even after they are fully vaccinated. Once infected, they can also potentially harbor mutations that could lead to more virulent new variants, experts say.

CDC recommends people with weak immune systems receive three primary shots plus a booster for a total of four doses. But given the less-than-optimal immune response that these individuals typically have with their first three doses, a booster at three months may provide better protection, especially when there is such high transmission of the omicron variant, Elisha Hall, a CDC health education specialist, said Friday.