WASHINGTON, Aug 19 ― Covid-19 vaccine booster shots will be made widely available to Americans starting on September 20, US health officials said yesterday, citing data showing diminishing protection from the initial vaccinations as infections rise from the Delta variant. US officials will offer...
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 ― Covid-19 vaccine booster shots will be made widely available to Americans starting on September 20, US health officials said yesterday, citing data showing diminishing protection from the initial vaccinations as infections rise from the Delta variant.
“You want to get out ahead of the virus,” Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, told reporters. “If you wait for something bad to happen before you respond to it, you find you're considerably behind your real full capability of being responsive.” There is mounting evidence that protection from Covid-19 vaccines wanes after six or more months, especially in older people with underlying health conditions. The officials cited this in their decision on boosters, but stressed that the US-authorised shots have proven “remarkably effective” in reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalisations and deaths.
US officials do not expect a serious uptick in hospitalisations and deaths among vaccinated people until at least eight months after their initial inoculation, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said.
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