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Originally Posted by MahomesMagic
Some Biden officials see booster shots as increasingly likely
Between the lines: The amount of neutralizing antibodies a person has following their first two doses of Pfizer and Moderna's coronavirus vaccines appears to drop over time, which is a very normal thing to happen with vaccines.
The outstanding scientific question has been what that means for the person's overall protection against the virus, especially because neutralizing antibodies aren't the body's only form of immunity.
Some Biden officials are increasingly convinced that high levels of neutralizing antibodies correlate with a higher degree of protection against illness. They worry that means that as more time passes, vaccinated people may be increasingly vulnerable to mild, moderate or even severe disease, a Biden official told Axios.
The New York Times first reported on Friday that Biden administration health officials increasingly think that vulnerable populations will need booster shots.
This growing consensus is "tied in part to research suggesting that the Pfizer vaccine is less effective against the coronavirus after about six months," per the NYT.
Vaccine manufacturers have been warning for months that some Americans could require booster shots as soon as September.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/biden-offi...090012247.html
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Severely immunocompromised it would make sense
Maybe the elderly
Study out of the Uk or Canada I don’t remember showed spacing the doses to 8 weeks gives a bit more durable response