Dr. Fauci said that booster doses of the COVID vaccine may become the standard for a 'full' vaccination.
Dr. Jen Ashton with answers to viewers’ health and COVID-19 questions.creeping up once again, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning that the vaccines' waning immunity combined with the highly transmissible delta variant will make for a"double whammy" that will impact"even the vaccinated people."
His grim prediction meets a chorus of alarm bells already being sounded about COVID's renewed spread as more people head inside as the holidays approach, heralding a season of family gatherings.Germaine T. Leftwich, 67, receives a Pfizer covid-19 vaccine booster shot from Dr. Tiffany Taliaferro at the Safeway on Capitol Hill, Oct. 4, 2021.
Combatting any impending viral onslaught this winter hinges on how many more sleeves roll up for more shots, Fauci said. It won't only be important to persuade the roughly 60 million"recalcitrant" people who have yet to get their first dose, but also"how well we implement a booster program," he said.It comes as a
Though Pfizer formally asked the Food and Drug Administration to expand their booster's authorization last week, right now federal agencies only recommend the mRNA booster for people over the age of 65, have an underlying medical condition or are at high risk for exposure, at least six months after their second dose.