Second booster shots for people under 50 are on hold as federal government works on reformulating vaccines that target the now-dominant omicron subvariants, according to experts.
Second COVID-19 booster shots for people under 50 are on hold as federal government works on new vaccines targeting dominant omicron subvariants.increase across the country the federal government is considering whether to change its booster strategy.
"They don't want to waste a lot of energy on trying to get people to get a second dose when the real energy needs to be on getting the newer preparation. So, that is the choice that's going down right now. I suspect we will know more in about a week," Dr. George Rutherford, M.D., UCSF Professor of Epidemiology.With an incoming COVID surge, health officials push urgently for boosters.
A senior administration official confirmed to ABC News that authorizing or recommending second boosters for people younger than 50 years old is currently on hold. This was first reported by the Washington Post. The focus is on getting a vaccine that targets omicron and its subvariants. Dr. Rutherford explained the pros and cons of this strategy.
"It's totally dependent on when the next vaccine is ready. If it's not going to be ready until late October then you should push the second vaccine now. If it's going to be ready much sooner like mid-September that's only six weeks from now we can easily wait on that," said Dr. Rutherford. We asked Dr. Warner Greene, Gladstone Institutes, Senior Investigator and Virologist what he would do.
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