Fauci says two doses of Pfizer or Moderna's vaccines are better than one to protect against variants

[dalton99a]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/05/covid-vaccine-fauci-says-two-shots-of-pfizer-or-moderna-are-better-than-one-.html

Fauci says two doses of Pfizer or Moderna’s Covid vaccines are better than one to protect against variants
Published Mon, Apr 5 20211:01 PM EDT
Berkeley Lovelace Jr. @BerkeleyJr

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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published last week found a single dose of Pfizer’s or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine was 80% effective in preventing coronavirus infections among health-care personnel and other essential workers. Two doses are better than one, federal health officials said, adding that the vaccines’ effectiveness jumped to 90% two weeks after the second dose.

“When you look at the level of protection after one dose, you can say it’s 80%, but it is somewhat of a tenuous 80%,” Fauci said during a White House news briefing on the pandemic. “When you leave it at one dose, the question is how long does it last?” ...

The two-dose vaccine regimen also produces ten times the amount of neutralizing antibodies, which play an important role in fighting the virus, from the first to second dose, Offit told CNBC.

Secondly, and more importantly, scientists also detected so-called T cells after the second dose, another important part of the immune response that usually provides longer-lasting immunity, he said.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Okay, but why didn't you allow at least one shot / one dose be administered first before all of the

available shots are used up? Now I can visualize that there will be a run on those existing vaccines/shots and we'll have to wait (those of us who haven't gotten their shots yet, for various reasons) even more so.

[Ocelot II]

2. It's more likely that there will be too many doses rather than not enough

because of all the dumbasses who don't want to be vaccinated.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I suspect you're right, being that despite 600K deaths, etc., there are still nuts out there who

believe that Covid is a hoax. A legacy from the ex-PINO. A fitting tribute to the mass murderer of our times.