Last week, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for people 50 years and older, as well as some immunocompromised people.
as it did in Europe. However, Jetelina says deploying an additional booster now is a “proactive move” to stay one step ahead of the virus, which “is mutating pretty quickly.”
But what about the younger population? Jetelina says there are not many studies yet looking at the effectiveness of a fourth dose among young people. Butalso conducted in Israel among health care workers, found that a fourth dose increased antibodies, which would reduce the chances of infection. A worker in Tel Aviv, Israel, prepares a vaccine dose after Israel approved a second booster shot for immunocompromised, people over 60 years and medical staff. Based on the FDA and CDC recommendation, a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines may now be administered to certain immunocompromised individuals and people 50 and older at least 4 months after they received a first booster dose of any authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine.
“The reason why we felt it was very reasonable to include the 50 to 65 age range is because about a third of people in the United States in that age range have medical comorbidities,” Marks said on “In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt” podcast. “The safety is excellent and the idea here is that, you know, it is sometimes easier to just say, ‘Look, we know in general with respiratory viruses people over 50 years of age tend to have more problems than people under 50 years of age.
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