The recommendation to vaccinate Corona in impulse only for those aged 65 and over and at increased risk:
The Israeli Ministry of Health responded tonight (Friday to Saturday) to the results of the discussion with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), noting that the decision was made "exactly as we did first" Validity of the third vaccination campaign. "
"We have presented to the FDA research data on vaccine attenuation and increase in protection after a third vaccine, which are said to be convincing," it said.
In this regard, the Ministry of Health referred to the words of Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, Head of Public Health Services, who presented the experts with the efficiency data of the booster in Israel.
It was also written that "in Israel, it was decided to act responsibly and quickly to treat the growing morbidity, as evidenced by the high efficacy data of the booster dose - which responds to the protection against the corona virus."
As you may recall, the panel of experts decided yesterday not to recommend the Pfizer vaccine for those aged 16 and over, ie the majority of the population, but only for those aged 65 and over and special populations.
The vote does not mean that the third dose is ineffective or unsafe, but that the committee members need more information.