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Corona booster vaccination after six months or earlier? For whom the booster vaccination is particularly important

2021-11-22T07:58:03.462Z


Booster vaccinations are intended to protect against severe corona courses in the long term. A vaccine expert will answer how long the interval between the first vaccination should be.


Booster vaccinations are intended to protect against severe corona courses in the long term.

A vaccine expert will answer how long the interval between the first vaccination should be.

Have you been fully vaccinated against Corona since the summer? At that time, most of them still thought that it was done with and that you would be protected against Covid-19 in the long term thanks to vaccination with vaccines from Biontech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. However, the last few months have shown that this is not the case.

In studies, doctors have come to the conclusion that, especially in older people and people * who are weakened by previous illnesses, after vaccination, the desired immune protection is not always achieved.

But this is not the only factor that is currently driving the number of corona cases up.

A research team led by Dr.

Yair Goldberg from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has investigated the frequency of breakthrough infections after a full vaccination.

The worrying conclusion of the scientists who published the large-scale study on the basis of patient data from Israel in the

New England Journal of Medicine

:

The immunity to the Delta variant * of Sars-CoV-2 is already a few months after receiving the second Biontech Vaccine dose according to - in all age groups.

+

A booster vaccination should significantly increase the immune protection against corona.

© Wolfgang Kumm / dpa

Corona booster vaccination should ensure long-term immune protection

In the case of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the Standing Vaccination Commission (Stiko) even recommends a second vaccine dose with an mRNA vaccine from around four weeks after vaccination. The reason for this recommendation: study data would indicate a

“poor primary vaccination protection” after the single vaccination with the Johnson & Johnson preparation

, according to the

time

in the Stiko statement from October.

Against this background, the focus is currently on the topic of “booster corona vaccination”.

According to the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), these booster vaccinations * serve

to ensure long-term immune protection

.

The Robert Koch Institute (RK) as the leading biomedical research institute of the German federal government recommends it especially to certain groups.

Stiko plans booster vaccinations for everyone over the age of 18:

24vita.de

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Booster vaccination for certain risk groups

As the RKI informs, the booster vaccination with an mRNA vaccine should take place at the

earliest six months after the completion of the basic vaccination

, regardless of which vaccine was previously used. In the case of mRNA vaccines, the vaccine used for the basic immunization should be used if possible.

The Covid booster vaccination is particularly useful for those who may experience a 

reduced or rapidly waning immune response

 after a full Covid 19 vaccination, according to the BZgA.

A

 booster vaccination also offers additional protection for

people who have regular 

contact with vulnerable groups or

infectious people

, the agency continues.

According to the RKI, the following people should therefore have priority with regard to the booster vaccination *:

  • People over 70

  • People with an increased risk of severe Covid 19 disease courses (e.g. people with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes *, diseases of the respiratory system, liver, kidney, cancer, extremely overweight and / or smokers)

  • Residents in care facilities

  • Nursing and medical staff

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: Side effects after the corona vaccination: You should pay close attention to physical reactions for so many days *

Healthy and Vaccinated?

All citizens are entitled to booster vaccination

You do not belong to the above-mentioned groups of people and still want to be "boosted"?

As the Federal Ministry of Health informs, all citizens who received their second vaccination six months or more ago can have a booster vaccination.

The costs incurred will be taken over, it continues.

Leif Erik Sander, who is researching corona vaccines at the Berlin Charité, among other things, is in

favor of a booster vaccination for everyone, according

to the

time

.

"Any given booster is better than any not given,"

says the scientist.

He also considers a booster after four or five months to be harmless, especially for people with previous illnesses, as Die

Zeit

informs.

However, the third vaccination should not be given too early.

“You shouldn't re-vaccinate immediately,” Sander said in an

interview with

Zeit

.

It is known from other vaccines that a greater distance between the second vaccination and the booster leads to a better immune response.

(jg) * Merkur.de and 24vita.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA.

List of rubric lists: © Wolfgang Kumm / dpa

Source: merkur

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