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Scott Boone's avatar

Just a thought. I keep reading about extra, unused vaccines not being used. What if we started giving that surplus of vaccines as a booster? For example, I had my second vaccine in the middle of February, I am willing to go get another dose. Can't hurt. So why not. Seems like a good use instead of disposing of it as it expires.

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Elaine Watson's avatar

I understand your point about antibodies waning but the immune system response still being effective; however, if Israel is seeing a real signal of more infections in individuals vaccinated earlier, that seems like it could suggest a waning immune response. I would be interested to know if the population vaccinated in Israel in January was the same as in April, or perhaps older people with weaker immune response in general were vaccinated first—seems like that would confound it). Regardless, even if #3 doesn’t hold up, #1 alone makes me think a booster could be beneficial.

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