No booster shots after all? Maybe; Dr. Todd Ellerin explains
Updated: 5:36 PM EDT Jun 3, 2021
MARIA: NEARLHAY LF OF ALL AMERICANS AGE 12 AND OLDER ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19, BUT HOW LONG WILL THAT PROTECTION LAST? HERE TO ANERSW THAT QUESTION, AND MORE, IS DR. TODD ELLERIN, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT SOUTH SHORE HEALTH. NOW THAT ED AND I ARE SITTING HERE TOGETHER, MBEAY SEOM DAY YOU CAN BE HERE IN PERSON. >> THAT WLIL BE WONDERFUL. MARIA: SOME EXPERTS ARE NOW SAYING THE IMMUNITY FROM THESE VACCINES IS SO GOOD, WE MAY NOT NEED BOOSTER SHSOT AFTER ALL. WHAT DO YOU THINK? IS IT TOO EARLY TO SAY? >> I THINK YOU GUYS LOOK REALLY GREAT TOGETHER. I DON'T MEAN ANYTHING BUT THAT. IT FEELS SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT. ETH BOOSTER SHOT. I'D BE SURPRISE. THESE VACCINES ARE SO GOOD THAT WE KNOW NOW THERE'S MEMYOR CELLS THAT PERSIST. EVEN AFTER THE ANTIBODIES DECLINE IN THE BLOOD, THEY PERSIST IN DIFFENTRE PARTS OF THE BODY. I'DE B SURPREDIS IF WE NEED ANNUAL BOSTONNERS LIKE INFLUENZA. AT THE SAME METI, WE KNOW THERE'S SO MANY VARIANTS. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO CCHAT VARIANTS OR DECREASE TRANSMISSION TO KEEP UP WITH THAT HERD IMMUNITY THAT WE MIGHT ATNE AOO BSTER. ED: THE RESULTS FROM THE PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES HAVE BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE SO FAR. DO YOU THINK T PHEROTECTION OFFERED BY THE NEW MRNA TECHNOLOGY MAY BE BETTER THAN THE OTHERS? >> THERE'S NO QUESTION TTHA TWO DOSES ISOR ME IMMUNE GENEIC THAN ONE. THAT'S A FACT. THERE ARE OTHER VACCINES LIKE NOVAVAX. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE J&J TWO-DOSE RESULTS TO COME THROUGH. I WOULDN'T BE SURPREDIS IF THAT'S EXTREMELY IMMUNOGENIC. MARIA: PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIR IMMUNE SYSTEMS WHO ARE IMMUNO-COMPROMEDIS ARE STILL AT RISK OF INFECTION. WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM OUR VIEWER, KATHLEEN, WHO HAS STAGE 1 LEUKEMIA. SHE WAS VACCINATED, AND WRITES, I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN FROM MY ONCOLOGIST THAT I HAD A AC'VCINE FAILURE.' IT DID NOT GIVE ME ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE VIRUS. MY FEAR HAS INCREASED NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE DROPPING THEIR MASKS. WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE? >> THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. I AGREE. KATHLEEN, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO KW THAT IS IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS DON'T GET THAT SAME ROBUST IMMUNE RESPONSE THAT PATIENTS WITH COMPETENT IMMUNE SYSTEMS GET. WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SROUNURDINGOU Y, KATHLEEN, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET VACCINATED. IF YOU MAY NOT -- STILL, WE WANT IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS TO GET VACCINATED BUT STILL ACT IN A WAY THEY ARE UNVACCINATED. THE MASNGKI GUIDANCE, THE RELAXATION, WE DON'T NECSAESLY WANT IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS TAKING OFF THEIR PATIENTS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S INDOORS OR CROWDED AREAS. YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT ON. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS MAY NEED MEOR BOOSTERS. MY RECOMMENDATION RIGHT NOW IS IF YOU HAVE A WEAKEN IMMUNE SYSTEM, I WOULD GO FOR THAT TWO DOSE VACCINATION RATHER THAN ONE. ED: THE NUMBERF O COVID CASES IN THE STATE HAS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING SICK. ARE DOCTORS BEERTT NOW AT PREVENTING SERIOUS SYMPTOMS? AND KEEPING PATIENTS OUT OF HOSPITALS? >>IT'S SO IMPORTA.NT THERE'S AN ANTIBODIES. THEY ARE BEST FOR PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED COVID IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING. WHEN THEY ARE HIGH RISK, ELDERLY OR CHRONIC CONDITION LIKE OBESITY OR DIABETES OUR CHRONIC HEART OR LUNG DISEASE. IF YOU HAVE MILD TO MODERATE COVID, WE WANT YOU TO ASK YOUR PROVIDERO T GET MONO COLONLIA ANTIBODIES. VACCINE TAKES ABOUT 10TOR 14 DAYS BEFORE YOU DEVELOP IMMUNITY. THERE'S LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES. ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN HAD HIGH RISK GROUP ANDOU Y HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS, THERE ARE THINGS TO DO. ASK YOUR PROVIRDE AUTBO THOSE. ED: THANK
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No booster shots after all? Maybe; Dr. Todd Ellerin explains
Updated: 5:36 PM EDT Jun 3, 2021
"I'd be surprised if we need annual boosters like we do with influenza," said Dr. Todd Ellerin, director of infectious diseases at South Shore Health. "At the same time, we know there's so many variants, I wouldn't be surprised if every once in a while to catch a variants or to decrease transmission to keep up with herd immunity, we might need a booster."
"I'd be surprised if we need annual boosters like we do with influenza," said Dr. Todd Ellerin, director of infectious diseases at South Shore Health. "At the same time, we know there's so many variants, I wouldn't be surprised if every once in a while to catch a variants or to decrease transmission to keep up with herd immunity, we might need a booster."
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