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(CNN)To help fend off another wave of Covid-19, people will need a fourth dose of vaccine, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CBS on Sunday.
"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," Bourla told CBS' "Face the Nation."
"The protection we are getting from the third (dose) it is good enough -- actually quite good for hospitalizations and deaths," Bourla said.
But protection after three doses is "not that good against infections" and "doesn't last very long" when faced with a variant like Omicron.
"It is necessary, a fourth (dose) for right now," Bourla told CBS.
Currently, anyone ages 12 and up who got a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at least five months ago can get a third dose.
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Kids under 5 might soon be able to get vaccinated
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.
And kids under age 5 are not yet eligible for a Covid-19 vaccine -- though that could change this spring, Bourla said.
Initial trial data in children ages 2 to 5 showed two doses of a smaller, child-sized vaccine didn't give the expected immunity in the 2- to 5-year-olds -- though it did for babies ages 6 months to 2 years.
So Pfizer decided to add a third child-sized dose for children under age 5 in its ongoing trial.
Pfizer should have data on its three-dose vaccine trial for children ages 6 months to 5 years by April, Bourla told CBS on Sunday.
If authorized by the FDA and recommended by the CDC, Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months to 5 years might start as early as May, Bourla said.
A shot at a longer-lasting vaccine against all variants
Pfizer and Moderna have said they are working on a vaccine that would specifically protect against the Omicron variant. It's not clear yet if one is needed.
Bourla said Pfizer is also hoping to make a vaccine that will protect against Omicron and all other variants of SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes Covid-19.
The goal is to create "something that can protect for at least a year," Bourla told CBS on Sunday.
"And if we are able to achieve that, then I think it is very easy to follow and remember so that we can go back to really the way (we) used to live," he said.
Posted : 16/03/2022 1:30 am
Dyno-Mite reacted
The 12 months is 2045, my roommate is on his sixty fifth booster. His fifth arm has commenced to develop ears, and he hasn't considered his youngsters in nearly a decade because they had been taken to an internment camp for passing out flyers attempting to recruit for the resistance. The meals is ok, however so genetically altered that it would not style like the actual thing. But it has been over 20 years on account that I've had the actual thing, and my reminiscence might also be failing me.
I suppose meat is supposed to be blue, no longer green, or used to be it red? Our supreme chief Satan, who guidelines from his stronghold close to the ruins of Washington D.C., says if we all proceed to social distance and preserve up on our booster shots, we may additionally get lower back to normal.
The resistance "those who have not taken the jab" are continuously hunted through our United Nation Peacekeepers (we thank them for their sacrifice), however I have to wonder, on every occasion I see photos of resistance leaders being arrested on the news, they solely have two palms and two legs, with solely 5 digits on every appendage, and now not the 6 digits these of us who have been vaxxed have on every hand and foot. The resistance individuals additionally show up to be very attractive, in contrast to the eye moustaches below our eyes and the sagging pitbull cheeks most of us have on our faces.
Posted : 17/03/2022 12:06 am
Chăm Pa King and Caramela Jae reacted
@dyno I bet this will last for another 5 years
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Posted : 19/03/2022 8:49 pm
@caramela-jae I am not scientist but I smell something fishy.
🤬#Fight Chinese Oppression #Viet Lives Matter 🤠 #Stop Chinese absorption of Vietnam. #Free Uyghurs #Free Austronesians in Taiwan. #free the Tibetans.
Posted : 19/03/2022 8:50 pm