CDC considers third COVID shot for immunocompromised people
Millions of Americans have weakened immune systems and may require additional vaccines to protect themselves from the coronavirus. Author: Michael Crowe Updated: 7:02 PM PDT July 22, 2021
SEATTLE A CDC advisory group mulled COVID booster shots for immunocompromised Americans Thursday, as states across the country have dropped many or all pandemic restrictions, and cases fueled by variants rise.
An estimated 2.7% of U.S. adults are immunocompromised, meaning their immune system does not function properly either because of a medical condition, or medication. That can include patients that received organ transplants, are battling cancer, HIV, or have autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Gupta, a professor at the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, told The News with Shepard Smith that AstraZeneca, when combined with a Pfizer or Moderna booster, is showing tremendous levels of protection against delta, in terms of the antibody levels that are generated in patients. I do think that those one-shot J&Jer s should be given the opportunity, while we complete our clinical trial . I m already telling my patients to do it, if they can get access to it.
Gupta s comments come on the heels of a new study from a lab at New York University Tuesday that raises serious questions about the effectiveness of J&J s single-dose vaccine against the highly contagious delta variant. The NYU study is not yet peer reviewed, but found that the antibody levels in those who received the J&J shot may be low enough to be less protective.