424 CMAAO CORONA FACTS and MYTH 17th April Shingles
Dr K K Aggarwal
424 CMAAO CORONA FACTS and MYTH 17th April Shingles
Dr K Aggarwal President CMAAO, HCFI,
With input from Dr Monica Vasudev
1565: People who've received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines will probably need a booster shot this year.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said people who've gotten both doses would likely need a third shot within 12 months and might need an annual shot thereafter.
There are vaccine like polio where one dose is enough, pneumococcal where one dose is enough for adults.
Covid is like Flu and may need vaccine every year.
The COVID virus looks more like the influenza virus than the polio virus."
United States is in a good position to move into booster shots because of its vaccine rollout, whereas many other nations are still getting first vaccinations.
Countries that have already achieved high vaccine coverage are going to be ready to shift their focus to boosters in 2022 and possibly even starting at the end of this year.
Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky said people may need to get vaccinated against COVID-19 annually, just like seasonal flu shots.
1566: Herpes zoster reactivation -- a.k.a. shingles -- following COVID-19 vaccination in six patients with comorbid autoimmune/inflammatory diseases may be a new adverse event associated with the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine. At two centers in Israel, there have been six cases of herpes zoster developing shortly after administration of the Pfizer vaccine in patients with disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis since December 2020, according to Victoria Furer, MD, of Tel Aviv University, and colleagues.