Obseedian
16k posts, incept 2007-07-26
2021-09-13 11:37:00
It seems that realization is setting in that boosters won't be the best way forward. Amusingly, they are more worried about undermining confidence in the vaccines versus the problems they might cause.
https://els-jbs-prod-cdn.jbs.elsevierhea....els-jbs-prod-cdn.jbs.elsevierhealth.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673621020468-1631529799470.pdf
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Although the benefits of primary COVID-19 vaccination clearly outweigh the risks, there could be risks if boosters are widely introduced too soon, or too frequently, especially with vaccines that can have immune-mediated side-effects (such as myocarditis, which is more common after the second dose of some mRNA vaccines,3 or Guillain-Barre syndrome, which has been associated with adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccines4). If unnecessary boosting causes significant adverse reactions, there could be implications for vaccine acceptance that go beyond COVID-19 vaccines. Thus, widespread boosting should be undertaken only if there is clear evidence that it is appropriate.
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The message that boosting might soon be needed, if not justified by robust data and analysis, could adversely affect confidence in vaccines and undermine messaging about the value of primary vaccination.
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