pitt, please feel free to chip in if you disagree, but my understanding is yes, it would be a three month wait and she would then get the booster if wait and she would then get the booste , ., , wait and she would then get the booste , ., ., ., booster if you fall into the clinically booster if you fall into the clinically extremely i booster if you fall into the i clinically extremely vulnerable category you are one of those people who are at risk of covid. infections are at a record high at the moment and we are in winter, so yes, my understanding is it would be a three month window. dr understanding is it would be a three-month window. dr sarah pitt, is that your three-month window. dr sarah pitt, is that your understanding three-month window. dr sarah pitt, is that your understanding as - three-month window. dr sarah pitt, is that your understanding as well? | is that your understanding as well? is the waiting time reduced to everyone, both those who are clinically extremely
but the reason they have decided to bring but the reason they have decided to bring the but the reason they have decided to bring the booster doses forward for people bring the booster doses forward for people in bring the booster doses forward for people in the uk is precisely because people in the uk is precisely because we know that it will give you cover because we know that it will give you cover against the omicron variant you cover against the omicron variant in you cover against the omicron variant in the next couple of months and that variant in the next couple of months and that is variant in the next couple of months and that is the most important thing and that is the most important thing it and that is the most important thing it is and that is the most important thing. it is possible that people might thing. it is possible that people might need another dose, another booster, might need another dose, another booster, perhaps into the middle of next y
pfizer suggests seven days after a pfizer suggests seven days after a pfizer booster it is extremely effective at preventing illness, was the first uk world study found the protections were very high after 1a days. so yes, he has answered his own question, there is a quicker response to the ban to the first and second doses. response to the ban to the first and second doses- response to the ban to the first and second doses. andrew asks, dr sarah pitt, by shortening second doses. andrew asks, dr sarah pitt, by shortening the second doses. andrew asks, dr sarah pitt, by shortening the time - second doses. andrew asks, dr sarah pitt, by shortening the time between| pitt, by shortening the time between the second vaccine at the booster, can you be over vaccinated, no, i don t think there is any real risk of that. ~ , don t think there is any real risk of that. ~ ., ., ~ ., don t think there is any real risk ofthat. ., ., ~ ., , don t think there is any real risk ofthat. ., ~ ., ,
the key thing is that it is still so uncertain. wejust the key thing is that it is still so uncertain. we just don t know for sure and what the big challenge at the moment is, is we can t really take that risk, you know? even if hospitalisations increase even slightly, that could cause so much pressure on the nhs and on the care of all of us received. of all of us received. yes, all of that care of all of us received. yes, all of that care the of all of us received. yes, all of that care the nhs of all of us received. yes, all of that care the nhs provides, - of all of us received. yes, all of- that care the nhs provides, nothing to do with covid there, as well. thank you, and lots more to be said there s more data is collected. this one from deborah for dr sarah pitt. she says, my mother is in her 70s and has an underlying heart condition, but she has received her boosterjab. she is due to attend a large scale carol concert this weekend. given the spread and uncertainty around
the vaccine into contact with the virus and if the vaccine has worked it will actually the vaccine has worked it will actually give them an additional match actually give them an additional match with the booster, so that should match with the booster, so that should protect you from the worst consequences of any version of covid consequences of any version of covid. let s not forget that although there were 78,000 new cases of the although there were 78,000 new cases of the covid although there were 78,000 new cases of the covid virus posted yesterday, the majority of those were actually dealt the majority of those were actually dealt a the majority of those were actually dealt a variant, so we delta variant is still dealt a variant, so we delta variant is still around as well as the omicron is still around as well as the omicron variant. is still around as well as the omicron variant. ~ , ., omicron variant. ok. well, dr sarah pitt, a virologist omicron variant