COVID-19 Q & A: Will I need a booster shot down the road?
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Updated: 6:47 PM CDT May 19, 2021
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Updated: 6:47 PM CDT May 19, 2021
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RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE. IAN: WE’RE WORKING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AUTBO THE COVID VACCINE, HELPING YOU GET THE FACTS ABOUT THE VAX. AFTER YOU’RE CONSIDERED FUYLL VACCINATED, COULD YOU NEED A BOOSTER VACCINE DOWN THE RD?OA I TOOK THAT QUESTION TO DR. JILL MARSH AT UAB, WHO TELLS ME RESEARCHERS WILL CERTALYIN MEASURE OUR IMMUNITY VERY CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. SHE SAYS DATA SHOWS CURRENT COMMON VARIANTS ARE VECORED BY THE VACCINE, BUT FUTURE VARITSAN MAY NOT BE, AND THAT COULD LEAD TO A BOOSTER BEING NECESRY.SA AND HERE’S THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO BOOSTERS. >> FOR CERTAIN TNGHIS VACCINATED AGAINST, IMMUNITY AND WAYNE, DEEASECR OVER TIME. IT IS SOMETHING THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT LONG-TERM TO SEE HOW LONG THAT IMMUNITY LASTS, AND IF IT DOES TEND TO DECREASE THEN I COULD SEE A BOOSTER BEING RECOMMENDED. IAN: ANOTHERUE QSTION ABOUT BOOSTER VACCINES, WOULD YOU NEED TO GET THE BOOSTER MADE BY THE SAME MANUFACTUR REAS YOUR ORIGINAL VACCI.NE FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU GOT THE PFIZER WOULD YOUR BOOSTER HAVE TO BE THE PFIZER AS WELL? HERE AGAIN IS DR. MAH.RS >> WE DO NOT KNOW. THERE ARE SEOM STUDIES POTENTIALLY LOOKING INTO THAT, EVEN FOR THE FIRST TWO DOSES, LIKE IS IT OK TO MIX PFIZER AND MODERNA? AT THIS POINT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING PEOPLE DOING THAT BUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF VACCINES AND HOW THESE VACCINES ARE STIMULATING OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TO MAKE A RESPONSE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TWO MRNA VACCINES I COULD SEE THAT AS A POSSIBILITY BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING I WOULD RECOMMEND UNTIL IT IS STUDIED FURTHER. IAN: IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, LET ME KNOW, AND I’LL WORK TO GET YOU AN