TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The CDC says people who find themselves severely immunocompromised can get a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot as early as this week.
Moderna and Pfizer additionally say they’re engaged on an Omicron variant vaccine that would roll out in a couple of months, however there are questions concerning the fourth dose for everybody.
The CDC says Omicron is now 98% of new COVID-19 infections in the U.S. Dr. Michael Teng at USF’s Faculty of Public Well being doesn’t consider the general public well being company will advocate a brand new booster so quickly.
“That’s a bit of bit an excessive amount of, as a result of what number of instances are you going to spice up, over activating your immune system shouldn’t be nice both,” Teng stated.
The CDC says greater than 200 million people are fully vaccinated, which is 2 Pfizer or Moderna photographs, or the one dose Johnson & Johnson shot, and greater than 76-million individuals have a booster.
Dr. Teng says if the following variant is derived from Omicron then an Omicron booster is vital going ahead, however till that occurs, you shouldn’t fear about getting the fourth shot anytime quickly.
“We’re not at some extent the place we have to change the vaccine pressure,” Teng stated.
The CDC provides the increases in cases and hospitalizations will stress the healthcare system in the coming weeks.
Pfizer’s CEO says he doesn’t know if we’ll want it, or how they’ll use it, however they are going to have the brand new vaccine prepared in March.
