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Regulator warns Covid boosters could lead to ‘problems with immune response’
- rsfern 5y agoThis is about fourth doses (and beyond), not third dose boosters. > On Tuesday, EMA vaccine strategy chief Marco Cavaleri said there was still no data supporting the need for a fourth COVID vaccine dose. Also the actual title of the article I think makes that clear, but it’s a bit long > Europe’s drug regulator warns excessive COVID boosters could lead to ‘problems with immune response,’ joining WHO in pushback Edit: more context on the aforementioned “problems” from Reuters: > The EMA official raised concerns that a strategy of giving boosters every four months hypothetically poses the risk of overloading people's immune systems and leading to fatigue in the population. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/eu-drug-regulator-says-more-data-needed-impact-omicron-vaccines-2022-01-11/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...
- aiscapehumanity 5y agoTldr, what does he mean by fatigue? Social fatigue?
- rsfern 5y agoI guess so? The bit I quoted was about the extent of the relevant discussion. The rest was on how one year is a more reasonable spacing for boosters, if we need them, and how so many people getting omicron probably will reduce the likelihood that we will need more boosters