Dr. Anthony Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday that the US was still planning to administer booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine eight months after the last dose.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the mRNA vaccines were going to require a third dose.President Joe Biden during a meeting at the White House on Friday said officials were considering them as early as five months.
"That's the plan that we have, but we are open to data as they come in," he added. The booster shots will have to be first authorized by the Food and Drug Administration and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers for Disease Control, he said. "We're considering the advice you've given that we should start earlier," Biden said last week, according toThis content is not available due to your privacy preferences.But Fauci, the chief medical advisor to Biden, said Sunday the plan had not changed.
Also Sunday, Fauci said he agreed that it was likely the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines always required a third dose while the Johnson & Johnson vaccine required a second, despite officials earlier this year recommending just two doses of the mRNA vaccines and just one of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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