Would You Get It? Pfizer CEO Says A fourth COVID Vaccine Dose “Is Necessary”
While speaking with CBS, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said people would need a fourth dose of the vaccine to help fend off another wave of Covid-19.
Bourla said on CBS’ “Face the Nation”: “Many variants are coming, and Omicron was the first one that was able to evade — in a skillful way — the immune protection that we’re giving.” He added, “The protection we are getting from the third (dose) it is good enough — actually quite good for hospitalizations and deaths.” Despite that, he claims three doses is still “not that good against infections” and “doesn’t last very long” when faced with a variant like Omicron.
He explained, “It is necessary, a fourth (dose) for right now,” Bourla told CBS. As of right now, it’s not clear if or when the US Food and Drug Administration might authorize a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine for teens and adults: “We are just submitting those data to the FDA, and then we’ll see what the experts also would say outside Pfizer,” Bourla told CBS.
Currently, children ages 5 to 11 are eligible for two pediatric doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine but are not yet eligible for a booster. Pfizer is testing a third dose in that age group now.
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