For Alain Fischer, Professor of Pediatric Immunology and Chairman of the Vaccine Strategy Steering Committee, the question of the fourth booster dose "
is on the table
".
“
The subject is being considered,
” he declared on RTL, Wednesday, December 29.
Everything will be done according to the studies made on the effectiveness of the vaccine as well as its duration: "
Data should be obtained regarding the level and duration of protection provided by the booster against the variant.
And depending on the data, if the protection against severe forms decreases or is stable at a very good level, depending on the age group, if people are fragile or not, then it will be necessary to recommend, within a period that I can not today specify, on the need for an additional reminder, either for all or for the fragile people
”.
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Taking as an example Israel, which is administering a 4th dose of vaccine to voluntary caregivers, he repeats that "
we must allow time for scientific analysis of the data
" but "
perhaps we will do the same. thing
”.
