First vaccine boosters could be needed as soon as September, executives say https://thehill.com/policy/healthca...be-needed-as-soon-as-september-executives-say The first Americans who received their COVID-19 vaccines could need a “booster” shot as soon as September, the CEOs of Pfizer and Moderna told Axios. "The data that I see coming, they are supporting the notion that likely there will be a need for a booster somewhere between eight and 12 months." Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said during a virtual event with the news outlet on Wednesday. That means that those who received the vaccine early this year could require a booster shot in September or October to help protect against contracting, or spreading, COVID-19. Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel confirmed the timeline, according to Axios. "I think as a country we should rather be two months too early, than two months too late with outbreaks in several places," Bancel said in an email. "People at highest risks (elderly, healthcare workers) were vaccinated in December/January," he wrote. "So I would do [a] September start for those at highest risk." Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also told Axios during the event that Americans will “almost certainly” require a COVID-19 booster shot. “We will almost certainly require a booster sometime within a year or so after getting the primary [shot] because the durability of protection against coronaviruses is generally not lifelong," Fauci said. The news outlet noted that vaccine efficacy does not disappear overnight, and the process will be gradual if protection does decline from COVID-19 vaccines. British officials on Wednesday launched a national COVID-19 booster shot trial to study the effects of a third inoculation in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Seven coronavirus shots will be tested under the trial amid nearly 3,000 volunteers. David Kessler, the chief science officer for the White House's COVID-19 response team, told senators at a hearing earlier this month that COVID-19 vaccine booster shots would be free to the public if they are needed. "We do have the funds to purchase the next round, if they are necessary. So we will be able to purchase the next round to ensure if there are boosters, they are free, just as the last round," Kessler said.
I just watched Fauci on Bloomberg this morning saying he/they have no idea when or even of a booster will be needed at all, let alone a timeline. He "assumes" that some booster will probably be needed but could not be definitive. Break free from your cult.
And what did your wife say about you getting your booster? I’m sure you’ll be kicking rocks all the to getting it.
On a side note here is why I think moderna stock price is steal right now. They are trading 2.5x earnings right now, very low for this market. All revenue is coming from Covid vaccines. Yes, governments are talking about waving patents. But, moderna has orders for vaccines for next two years. Now none of their spreadsheet or forecasts includes boosters and they already have 100s of millions of people vaccinated with their shot so they are going blow out earnings once booster orders come in and any treatments developed through their technology is just icing on the cake. Also, moderna is already scaled for large scale production. Even if parents are dismissed it would take 1 to 2 years for serious competition from generic drug manufacturers.
Let them get their boosters. Hell, encourage them to get a booster every other week. Lets run the experiment on willing participants.
Whether I get a booster or not is irrelevant. Fact is IF the SCIENCE determines one is needed, I'll get one. The point of my post is at this precise moment in time there is no evidence, none, that a booster will be needed by years end. The great Doc Fauci said so this morning. But yes, we all know that is has now been approved by radical left central to question the esteemed doctor, question the CDC, question the science. Why? What changed? Oh yeah, Trump isn't president anymore. You fucking retards always play the same game. So long as the science lines up with the politics you worship at the alter of science. The split second it doesn't, question the science. If the market was a predictable as you dopes I'd have been a billionaire decades ago.
The esteemed Dr. Fauci is trying his best to communicate to you that a booster seems likely but it’s not definite. You just love to be pissed off about everything. Like I said no matter what, you’ll be kicking rocks.
So I spoke with a Doctor friend this afternoon while hitting golf balls. I said but I was open to it now... what does he think of the risks. He said... hold on he will get back to me on that as some things related to rashes and nerves are starting to appear in early shot receivers who are experiencing serious stress. He is not sure if its a pattern or not... just that they are starting to see it.
He’s a little over dramatic but he’s actually not that off with the rashes as a side effect, the nerve stuff is a new one. Small amount of women have also reported a stronger menstral cycle after being vaccinated. This is common stuff when you have an immune response to almost anything. Everyone has a different immune system. It’s not the vaccine in this case, it’s the individuals unique immune response. The mRNA vaccines are mRNA, salt and fat. It’s probably the “cleanest” vaccine in the last hundred years. There’s not much to it. Other vaccines use preservatives and heavy metals, that’s the stuff that can tweak physiology. mRNA can only last a couple of days before being broken down by enzymes and doesn’t hard code anything, once it’s gone it’s gone.