The country’s leading expert in infectious diseases Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci The dangers of the interruption of the J&J vaccine Sunday show preview: Russia, US exchange penalty; tensions over policing increase; vaccination campaign continues CDC: Half of US adults received at least one dose of COVID-19 MORE said Sunday that Americans need to know if they should get a third COVID-19 vaccine shot by next fall.
During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week”, host Martha Raddatz asked Fauci about comments from Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, who last week suggested that vaccine recipients probably get a third dose of the vaccine within six to twelve months. need. fully vaccinated, with Moderna and Johnson & Johnson proposing the same.
Asked when Americans would know for sure if they needed a third shot, Fauci said it would depend on when immunity would decline, which is likely to be determined by summer or fall.
‘Yes, what are you doing, Martha, are you looking at the level of what we consider to be a correlate of immunity, whether it’s an antibody. “And if the slope starts to decrease, you can predict when you’re going to get below the safe level, or you can start to see breakthrough infections,” Fauci said.
“I believe by the end of the summer and the beginning of the fall we will have a good idea whether we should definitely raise people or not, and when we should give it to them,” he added.
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Bourla told CNBC at a CVS Health meeting last week that he predicted based on current data that a “likely scenario” would be that the COVID-19 vaccine would be administered to patients annually.