moderna s, you can get a pfizer booster. who is this good news for, doctor? so in particular, people who got johnson & johnson. we ve known for some time now for at least a few months that this was going to be a two-dose vaccine, a two-dose regimen would be needed. it s not to say that johnson & johnson vaccine is inferior. after all, we give two doses of the pfizer and moderna and are now for certain groups giving a third dose. but i think in particular for people who got the johnson & johnson vaccine, getting some guidance as to what second dose should be given, it does appear that they may benefit, that group in particular may benefit from mixing and matching. so if they got the johnson & johnson first, to get either pfizer or moderna second does seem to be the more advisable course here. speaking of the fda, former director scott gottlieb tweeted this on sunday. uk reported its biggest one-day case increase in three months, just as this new delta variant
than a 50% chance of adequately responding to the vaccines. that s because your immune system is suppressed and simply just doesn t react to the vaccine. with respect to parkinson s disease, some of the drugs used to treat parkinson s can be immunosuppressive, i m not sure what medications he was on, but in addition to, that when people have parkinson s disease they have a weaker muscle control. and that can include the muscles of the throat, the your swallowing muscles, so that can also lead to complications with respect to your ability to breathe. doctor, i read in the new york times tonight that the fda is very close to allow brand mixing in vaccines. so, for example, you got your first to moderna s, you can get a pfizer booster, vice versa. who is this good news for? doctor? so, in particular, people who got johnson & johnson. we ve known for sometime now,
perhaps more importantly, if you got the johnson & johnson vac vaccine, you could get a moderna or pfizer booster. why is that significant? good morning, john. you re spot on. this is really good news for those who got johnson & johnson vaccine. their booster can now be with one of the mrna vaccines. that s good news because these people have been waiting for months to get official confirmation on getting vacc vaccinated. we know the m mrna vaccine will give them a better immune response. physicians are recommending this. nice to have policy line up the practice. one of the things people should know is that for moderna and pfizer, the booster is recommended six months after the second shot. for johnson & johnson, two months after the single shot. why is that important? essentially, anybody who got johnson & johnson right now today is eligible for their second dose. and the johnson & johnson
then you go with that type of guidance. also, the timing of johnson & johnson. we ve heard recommendations from two to six months, so where to you really land on that if you re someone who had a j&j initial vaccine? yeah, given that, you know, we re talking about kind of the delta surge declining, but yasmin, you re talking about seven-day case rates that are still way too high for my liking, so i would say that anybody who got johnson & johnson should absolutely get a booster two months later with johnson & johnson or, to your point, i think it is worth talking to your health professional about your circumstance and decide whether it makes sense for you to get an mrna shot. so, at a minimum, everyone who got johnson & johnson needs something. at least two months, second dose, that s exactly what the fda advisory committee weighed in on. two months. or to have that conversation about which you might prefer in terms of an mrna vaccine. i ve had some patients where i have said, i think