Should you get vaccinated with a fourth vaccine for corona or wait for the vaccine against the omicron?
The fourth vaccine does not raise the levels of antibodies as expected, and there are even claims that it puts a strain on the immune system, but this did not stop the nearly half a million Israelis who were vaccinated with the booster.
Now that Pfizer has announced the production of a vaccine for Omicron, many are wondering - is it still worth getting vaccinated with a booster?
Leahy root
12/01/2022
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 09:13 Updated: 10:44
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Here's a question that concerns quite a few people over the age of 60 these days - whether to get vaccinated with a fourth booster vaccine against corona that raises antibody levels fivefold according to studies, or wait until March, then the dedicated Omicron vaccine announced at Pfizer this week.
This question is partially answered by experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) who have provided updated recommendations on corona virus vaccines in light of the dramatic spread of the omicron variant.
They warn that repeat boosters are not a viable strategy for dealing with newer versions of the corona, and that current vaccines may need to be updated as new ones are developed.
Also tonight, at a press conference of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) it was said that it is not right to rely on repeated boosters every few months.
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"A vaccine strategy based on repeated booster doses of the original vaccine composition is unlikely to be appropriate or sustainable," the World Health Organization's COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group said in a statement.
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We asked the experts in Israel for their opinion, and it is precisely here that there is consensus. Dr. Oren Kuibler, a virologist at Tel Aviv University, says that "until a vaccine adapted to the omicron arrives, the omicron wave will pass and we are likely to be exposed to another variant, which is not certain to be a direct descendant of the omicron, which may decrease against it." Therefore, it is recommended to perform the fourth vaccine as soon as possible. "
Dr. Ella Skalen, a virologist from Tel Aviv University, agrees with this approach, explaining that" currently there is no specific vaccine for Omicron and it will take some time for such a vaccine to be approved and available. "Extensive infection will last, we hope, only a few more weeks, so the Ministry of Health decided to reduce the burden on the health system, use the tool at its disposal, namely the booster, to protect the elderly population and reduce the burden on hospitals in Israel."
She added that "from a global perspective, it is clear that it is preferable to use these vaccines in poor countries where the population has not been vaccinated at all. Vaccination in these countries will prevent the spread of new variants in the longer term."
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Indeed, the World Health Organization has in recent months stressed the importance of equal access to vaccines around the world in curbing the spread of corona, given that less than 10 percent of people in low-income countries have received one dose, while such a language has already begun vaccinating in the fourth booster.
At the same time, the organization is calling on drug companies and research organizations to expand the arsenal of vaccines and vaccination strategies, just as they did in Biological E, which developed a vaccine called Corbevax based on older recombinant protein technology and a date for distribution in poorer non-profit countries.
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