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Fourth corona vaccination: How long does the second booster protect?

2022-10-20T12:07:04.739Z


Fourth corona vaccination: How long am I protected after the second booster? Created: 10/20/2022, 2:00 p.m By: Juliane Gutmann Health Minister Karl Lauterbach recommends the fourth corona vaccination for everyone. The Standing Vaccination Commission is more reticent. For good reason? In most cases, Corona takes a mild course. However, serious illnesses are also possible. To minimize the risk o


Fourth corona vaccination: How long am I protected after the second booster?

Created: 10/20/2022, 2:00 p.m

By: Juliane Gutmann

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach recommends the fourth corona vaccination for everyone.

The Standing Vaccination Commission is more reticent.

For good reason?

In most cases, Corona takes a mild course.

However, serious illnesses are also possible.

To minimize the risk of hospitalization or the development of Long Covid, health authorities recommend a corona vaccination.

Around two years after the start of the pandemic, the vaccination campaign is already entering its third or fourth round.

Because after the booster vaccination in winter/spring 2021/22, many people have their vaccination protection refreshed for the second time.

The Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) recommends the second booster with an mRNA vaccine for the following groups of people:

  • people over 60 years of age

  • Residents and those cared for in care facilities

  • People with previous illnesses and immunodeficiency

  • Working in medical and nursing facilities

Corona incidences could rise again in autumn and winter.

Vaccination protects against severe Covid 19 courses.

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Vaccination protection depends heavily on the vaccinated person - age and immunodeficiency have an influence

But how long does the vaccination protection last after the second booster vaccination?

The actual vaccination protection after immunization depends heavily on the vaccinated person.

The STIKO assumes that some people do not build up effective immune protection despite full vaccination.

Immunocompromised people, but also older people are particularly at risk, according to the STIKO.

And even in the case of healthy adults, no general statement can be made as to how long the vaccination protection lasts after immunization.

The Federal Center for Health Education informs that the vaccines from Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna still protect 85 percent against corona infection after two to four months.

As the Tagesschau informs, the vaccination protection after the third vaccination decreases in the following weeks.

However, a US study shows that the protection against hospitalization two months after the third vaccination is 91 percent.

After four months it was still 78 percent.

However, the protection against infection is rather low in both those who have been vaccinated three times and those who have been vaccinated four times and does not last particularly long, quotes the Tagesschau Andreas Radbruch from the Rheumatism Research Center in Berlin.

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No official fourth booster dose recommendation for healthy adults under 60

The current data situation allows some doctors to conclude that basic immunization and a booster vaccination with the previously approved corona vaccines in people with a healthy immune system are sufficient to build up good long-term protection against severe corona courses.

Since it is not yet clear whether and what benefits the second booster vaccination has for healthy adults, it is currently not officially recommended by STIKO for all age groups.

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The Robert Koch Institute provides information on the subject of booster vaccinations: "After a booster vaccination, protection against serious illnesses is again high.

However, the high protective effect against severe infections remains for at least 6 months after the booster vaccination.

A second booster vaccination leads to a renewed improvement in effectiveness”.

Exact time information on the duration of the immune protection is missing.

Manufacturers such as Biontech and Moderna have not yet published any information about how long you can enjoy corona protection after the second booster vaccination.

Prof. Dr.

According to the Sciencemedia Center, Andreas Radbruch, scientific director at the Rheumatism Research Center Berlin, summarizes the current data situation as follows: “The results of the fourth vaccination carried out so far are sobering.

It suggests that three vaccinations are enough to build up a stable immunological memory against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

It protects us in the long term against serious illness and death, but unfortunately not against infection.

Source: merkur

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