President Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on 21 July and was 'experiencing very mild symptoms,' the White House said. Days later, Biden tested negative but tested positive again on 30 July with a rebound case. | BISouthAfrica
that older adults should get an additional boost, to better protect them against severe disease with Covid-19., having the second boost provides elders much greater protection from bad coronavirus outcomes.
"Compared with individuals who received 3 doses," the study says,"those who received a fourth dose had a 3.5-fold lower rate of severe disease during a 6-week follow up.", likewise, that a fourth dose can help guard against death from Covid, even"in the oldest and frailest" patients, and"after the emergence of the Omicron variant."
"If you are over the age of 50, and if you've not gotten a vaccine shot in the year 2022, you need to go get one. You need to go get one now," Jha said Thursday.Dr Michael Klompas, an infectious disease expert at Harvard Medical School, told Insider that Biden is also generally in good health, which bodes well for his chances of having a mild case. Biden's presented by O'Connor did not reveal any severe health issues or comorbidities.
"He's old, yes, but he seems to otherwise be pretty vigorous, there's nothing I've heard to say that he's got comorbid illnesses, like bad heart disease, or lung disease, or liver disease, or cancer, or immunocompromised conditions," Klompas said."I'd say on the basis of that, of being simply old, otherwise a healthy and vigorous person with 4 shots, his risk of a bad outcome's incredibly low.
Dr Seth Cohen, medical director of infection prevention at the University of Washington Medical Center, echoed Klompas and the booster data. Neither Cohen nor Klompas has personally evaluated Biden, or been consulted on his care by White House staff."We also have very, very strong data to show how crucial it is to be fully boosted in terms of preventing severe outcomes from Omicron," Cohen said."Hopefully, that is giving a lot of people some peace of mind.
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