. CEO revealedPfizer Inc Albert Burla, today, Saturday, that the annual vaccination with an anti-coronavirus vaccine would be better than obtaining repeated booster doses to combat the pandemic.
The Pfizer-Biontech vaccine against COVID-19 has been shown to be effective against severe illness and death in case of infection withmutant omicron Highly contagious but less effective at preventing infection.
With the escalation of infections, some countries have expanded their Covid-19 booster dose programs or reduced the intervals between doses, at a time when governments are rushing to enhance protection for their citizens.
In an interview with the Israeli channel N12 News, Borla was asked if he supports booster doses every four to five months on a periodic basis, and he replied, “This would not be a good scenario. What I hope is that we have a vaccine that you receive once a year.”
“Once a year, it’s easier to convince people to do. It’s easier for people to remember,” he added.
Taking a dose of the Pfizer vaccine against Corona (Archyde.com)
not enough
This came, after preliminary data on the trial of a fourth booster dose of the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine showed that it is insufficient to prevent infection with the Omicron mutant.
A study conducted by the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, two weeks after the start of the experiment on 154 medical employees, revealed that the vaccine succeeded in raising antibody levels.
But the trial’s lead researcher, Gilly Regev Yochai, said it only provided a partial defense against Omicron, adding that vaccines that were more effective against earlier variants offered less protection against Omicron, according to Bloomberg.