The Biden administration is considering starting this fall to provide third-dose vaccines (booster doses) to large sections of the U.S. population, not just those with weak immune systems, the New York Times reported tonight (Saturday).
The administration has already allocated about 100 million vaccine doses for this, and according to the newspaper, government officials are not interested in waiting for a decision among the experts regarding the necessity of the move.
If the move is implemented, it will likely begin next October in providing third doses to health care workers, and then to people of advanced age, and later also to people who are in contact with at-risk populations.
American citizen vaccinated in Connecticut state // Photo: AFP,
In doing so, in effect, the US administration will adopt the Israeli model.
The sources believe that there is no point in taking a risk and waiting until the experts decide on the need for an impulse dose, especially in light of the severe jump that has occurred in recent cases of infection in the United States due to the Delta strain.
"The administration is closely monitoring what is happening in Israel in light of the increase in morbidity among older adults who received the vaccine in the early stages of the vaccination campaign and the concern is that even if it is relatively mild or asymptomatic in most cases, they can still transmit the virus and prolong the epidemic." It was reported.