- Dr. Anthony Fauci hopes that basically all adults who are vaccinated will know that “they can continue” and will be strengthened in six months.
- Fauci said there is “confusion” about who should be promoted. “Make it very simple.”
- “The enhanced effect is very, very helpful in preventing people from being infected,” Fauci said. Other experts are wary of over-vaccinating young people.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci completed Discuss the nuances Who is it, Should be in the first place Shoot for the current booster.
His goal is to “make it clear that if you get vaccinated-then step up,” he told Insider on Monday.
“Make it very easy. If you get a primary vaccine, get a booster.”
Although health officials across the country are beginning to support this position-to provide boosters to all adults California, Colorado, New Mexico and New York City – this The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more conservative guidance.
according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Boosters should be kept For people 65 years of age and older, adults over 18 years of age with pre-existing diseases, or adults over 18 years of age who live or work in high-risk areas where Covid-19 is easily spread.And many of Fauci’s Peers agree with this.
However, Fauci told Insider that he believes that simplifying U.S. booster activities is a “prudent” move for two reasons-to enhance the immunity of vaccinators and eliminate confusion, because Most adults who are already eligible are not promoted.
“Now, don’t make it complicated,” Fauci said.
Fauci said the booster will reduce the number of hospitalizations and deaths
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Fauci hopes that boosting injections for all adults will help “keep people away from hospitals” and “keep people from dying,” which are the two main goals of the US vaccination campaign.
He pointed to data from Israel, which showed that the booster injection provides an extra layer of protection on the basis of the initial vaccination, almost Eliminate severe Covid-19 infectionAnd lead to 93% reduction in hospitalization risk In people over 40 years old.
“The enhanced effect is very, very helpful in preventing people from being infected,” Fauci said.
Although booster shooting is indeed More urgent need For the elderly and people with compromised immune systems, Suggested evidence A broad boost will (at least temporarily) To reduce coronavirus infections across the board-at least 60% of Americans are vaccinated.
But a lot Public health experts emphasize It is important that young men, especially those under 30 (in rare cases) who are at higher risk Cardiac inflammation after vaccination (myocarditis) For mRNA vaccines, please wait to see more safety data before confirming that booster is the right choice for them.
Fauci agrees with this. He said that it is important to ensure that “all safety data show that young people’s profit-to-risk ratio” “still occupies an important position in the form of profit.”
Nevertheless, he still believes that for most people, boosters are safe and can provide protection.
Fauci said: “We must vaccinate almost everyone who has received the main vaccination program, and we must bolster everyone.” “Although in most cases, no booster vaccine can protect well— —Especially among young people —exempt from hospitalization.”
Dr. Stanley PlotkinThe people who helped invent the first rubella vaccine in the 1960s agreed with Fauci’s position of supporting all eligible adults.
Plotkin was called “one of the most respected great vaccinologists ever” by Fauci, and he considered the extra dose (people who received Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for the third time; those who received Johnson’s vaccine for the second time) ) As the end of the initial series.
“If you only get the vaccine in the first few months, you won’t get lasting immunity,” Plotkin told Insider. “People should realize that as long as the virus continues to spread, the third dose is indeed necessary-it is true.”
Fauci knows that boosting vaccination will not solve a bigger problem: immunizing people who have not been vaccinated
Nicole Fahey, who is six months pregnant, received a booster injection of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles on November 3, 2021.
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other Virus expert Yes critical Fauci’s bullish booster stance calls for him to concentrate on most parts of the country that have not yet been vaccinated.
Fauci said: “I don’t like to put the blame on people,” but “people who have not been vaccinated, if they are responsible for most of the infections, then they are responsible for the spread of most of the virus in the community.”
Plotkin is not so exaggerated.
“People who don’t get vaccinated put their compatriots at risk,” he said. “Either you accept that the individual is responsible for the community, or you don’t accept it and say’let the community to hell'” and “let the disease spread and kill the people who are about to be killed.”
When I asked Fauci why scientists have such disagreements on the effectiveness of boosters and who they should provide boosters to, he said “no comment.” He said that now trying to perfect the timing of the booster and make exceptions is “a lot of worry.”
