Follow the science, but not the political science.
2nd Booster isn’t necessary. Not yet.
Time.com
April 14, 2022
"Any incremental benefit of a second booster has to be weighed against the potential side effects, which include inflammation of heart tissue, especially for younger people receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, and the risk of blood clots for people getting the J&J shot.
That means continuing to boost every four months or so with the same vaccines isn’t a sustainable way to confront COVID-19, especially if the virus continues to mutate.
After considering all of the studies available so far, the committee concluded that there aren’t yet enough data to support recommending a second booster for the general population. While a second booster can raise the levels of a person’s antibodies against COVID-19, and protect them from more serious disease, that protection doesn’t last as long as health officials would like. So for the vast majority of the U.S. population, that second booster isn’t necessary—at least not yet.
The questions scientists are trying to answer now involving figuring out how strong vaccine-induced immune response is, how long the protection lasts, and whether the current vaccine is the best way to generate it. At the moment, the shots being used as a second booster dose are the same as the original vaccine, and don’t seem to be pushing protective antibody levels any higher than they were after the first booster."
Results from these studies won’t be available until summer at the earliest, so it’s unlikely health officials will recommend additional boosters for the bulk of the U.S. population until after those results are analyzed.
(I know that this is blasphemy to true believers. I apologize in advance for revealing the reality.)
“The dogs are barking Quixote.
A sign we move forward Sancho, a sign we move forward.”
Edited by Rogerdodger, 15 April 2022 - 11:27 PM.
