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The data seems to suggest so far that booster doses of the coronavirus vaccine may help reduce its spread, but more research is needed to confirm this, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute on Friday. of Allergies and Infectious Diseases.
In a virtual White House briefing, Fauci said data from Israel suggests that giving booster doses to fully vaccinated people can reduce transmission of the virus.
"There is very suggestive data - from the Israeli group that is in its reinforcement program, which essentially applies to everyone from 12 years of age - that they are finding that simultaneously with the clinical effect of the decrease in infection and disease severe, they're seeing a gradual decline coinciding with the booster dose, in what we call the R0, that is, the transmissibility of one person to any of several other people. It went down from 1.33 to 1.11 and now down to 0.985 " Fauci said.
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"So while that's not definitive, it strongly suggests that there is an impact on transmissibility," Fauci added.
"But more studies would have to confirm that."
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