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For a booster (3rd shot), the UK only uses mRNA vaccines. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-booster-dose-resources/covid-19-vacci
by y7 5y ago
For a booster (3rd shot), the UK only uses mRNA vaccines.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccination-booster-dose-resources/covid-19-vaccination-a-guide-to-booster-vaccination-for-individuals-aged-18-years-and-over https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-vaccinat...
Edit: changed my ambiguous wording
- jl6 5y agoNot true, Pfizer was used in the initial vaccination rollout too.
- matthewmacleod 5y agoNeither of these points are quite correct - mRNA vaccines were extensively used for both initial vaccinations and boosters in the UK. IIRC the AZ vaccine was quite quickly withdrawn for everyone under 40.
- grapescheesee 5y ago
- endless1234 5y agoWhat? More than two doses is extremely common for vaccines. See e.g. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...
- grumbelbart 5y agoHuh? Plenty of previous non-covid vaccines require more than two shots.
- midasuni 5y agoI suspect they did their own research
- bonzini 5y agoInfants have three or four doses for some of their vaccines.
- HstryrsrBttn 5y agoUtter nonsense. A lot of vaccines need multiple shots -- independent of the duration of the protection.
- bigDinosaur 5y agoMinor thing, but that'll probably be expanded to include Novavax in a relatively short amount of time. Not that it matters much for the progression of the pandemic (it's far too late to make a big difference, and will only mop up a few vaccine hesitant people).