Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine in Trinity College Dublin
Yesterday.
Via Extra Live:
The European Centre for Disease Control and the European Medicines Agency’s Covid-19 task force has concluded that it is too early to consider using a fourth dose of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines in the general population.
However, both agencies have agreed that a fourth dose (or second booster) can be given to adults 80 years of age and above, after reviewing data on the higher risk of severe Covid-19 in this age group and the protection provided by a fourth dose.
Whole population ‘likely’ to get booster in autumn (Extra Live)
Meanwhile…
‘At the moment we’re focusing all our efforts on vaccination. And NIAC’s advice so far has been sound. So I think it’s not unreasonable to look at giving a fourth dose to people who are at higher risk of getting severe COVID if they do get [the virus].
‘I suppose what we do have is that vaccines are really very safe. So if you’re thinking of an intervention like a fourth dose, the worst case scenario is that you give someone a vaccine that they didn’t 100% need — that’s not a particularly high-risk thing to do.
‘We can [also] see on the ground that immunity to coronaviruses like SARS-CoV2 wanes very rapidly. So I think, realistically, we are looking at the possibility of a fourth dose in the Autumn.’
Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine in Trinity College Dublin
Hmm.
Protection against infection offered by fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose wanes quickly, Israeli study finds (CNN)
RollingNews
Meanwhile…
Ah here.
