Mass. doctor on COVID-19 vaccinations, delta variant
BEN: NEW DATA FROM PFIZER SUGGESTS A THIRD DOSE IOF COVID VACCINE STRONGLY BOOSTS PROTECTION FROM THE DANGEROUS DELTA VARIANT. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONISS DR. DANIEL KURITZKES, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL. THIS DATA COMES STRAIGHT FMRO THE COMPANY. GOOD TO SEE YOU, DR. KURITZKES. IT IS A BUSY WEEK. DR. KURITZS:KE GOOD TO SEE YOU. BEN: THIS DATA COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE COMPANY. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING FROM IT? DR. KURITZKE THE IMMUNIZATIONS CAN BOOST THE ANTIBODY LEVELS. THE QUESTION IS NOT, CAN WEET G THE ANTIBODIES HIGHER, BUT CAN THEY OFFER BETTER PRODUCTION? SIMPLY EXPLOSION TO COVID-19 AMONG VACCINATED PEOPLE WOULD SOAL LEAD TO A BOOSTING EFFECT. IT IS A LITTLE EARLY IS STILL TO SAY THAT BOOSTING IS NEEDED. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON HIM IN HIS ANCIENT PRACTICES DOES THEY WANT TO SEE THAT VACCINES ARE BEGINNING TO FLAI OVER TIME, NOT JUST THAT ANTIBODY LEVELS ARE DECLINING, AND THEY HAVE NOT YET MADE A RECOMMENDATNIO FOR BOOSTING. AYSHNA: SO DOES THAT MEAN THE STANDARD TWO-DOSE VACCINE IS NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE DELTA VARIANT? DR. KURITZKES: OH,OT N AT ALL. THERE WERE GOOD DATA PUBLISHED LAST WEEK FROM ENGLA,ND THAT SHOWS THAT, AT LEAST IN THE CASE OF THE PFIZER VACCINE, WHICH IS WHAT THEY STUDIED, THAT THE PROTECTION LEVEL IS EVERY BIT AS GOOD AGAINST DELTAS A AGAINST THE ALPHA VARIANT, WHICH DHA PREVIOUSLY BEEN CIRCULATING IN ENGLAND. I THINK IT IS A BIT CONFUSING NOW TO KNOW WHETHER WHAT WE ARE SENGEI IS THAT DELTA IS MORE INFECTIO,US BUT ANTIBODIES ARE BEGINNING TO DECLINE FROM PEOPLE WHO GOT VACCINATED SIX MONTHS AGO, OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. BEN: WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER TWO VACCINES, MODERNA AND JOHNSO&N JOHNSON, WHICH WE DO NOT HEAR THAT MUCH ABOUT? ARE WE GETTING ENOUGH PROTTIECON FROM THOSE SHOTS? DR. KURITZKES: THE MODERNA AND THE PFIZER VACCINES ARE SO SIMILAR THAT I WOULD EXPECT EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE PFIZER VACCINE IS ALSO TRUE ABOUT THE MODERNA VACCINE. IN THE CASOFE THE J&J VACCINE, WE KNOW THAT IT IS JUST AS EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTGIN SEVERE DISEASE AS A BANANA AND PFIZER VACCINE, BUT BECAUSE FEWER PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED THE J&J VACCINE, THERE IS NOT MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT US PROTECTION AGAINST DELTA. THE ANTIBODIES ARE LOWER AGAINST DELTA WITH THE J&J VACCINE THEN FOR THE PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINE’S, BUT AGAIN, HOW THAT TRANSLATES INTO PROTECONTIIST INFORMATION WE ARE STILL COLLECTING. SHAYNA: WE KNOWSHAYNA: UNVACCINATED PEOPLE ARE VERY VULNERABLE TO THIS VARIANT RIGHT NOW. BUT FULLY-VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE WORRIED, TOO, ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS AND POSSIBLY SPREADING THE VIRUS TO OTHERS. WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW? DR. KURITZS:KE A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU LIVED IN ONOFE HE T COUNTIES IDENTIFIED BYHE T CDC, HAVING HIGH TRANSMISSION RATES AMONG VACCINEDAT PEOE,PL PARTICULARLY IN CROWDED SETTINGS AND IN SETTINGS WHERE THERE ARE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE. SECOND, IF YOU HAVE VULNERABLE PEOPLE AT HOME, UNVACCINATED PEOP,LE PARTICULARLY CHILDREN OR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PEOPLE AT HOME, THEN YOU SULHOD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID SITUATIONS WHERE YOU MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH UNVACCINATED WHO MIGHT
Mass. doctor on COVID-19 vaccinations, delta variant
Updated: 6:11 PM EDT Jul 28, 2021
Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, chief of infectious diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, speaks about the latest studies about the COVID-19 vaccinations and the delta variant.
Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, chief of infectious diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, speaks about the latest studies about the COVID-19 vaccinations and the delta variant.
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