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> Most people in the USA have gotten the first two shots, so it's probably best to speed the release of the booster by doing a shorter study of just booster use
by xienze 4y ago
> Most people in the USA have gotten the first two shots, so it's probably best to speed the release of the booster by doing a shorter study of just booster use
I understand that, but I think you’re missing the bigger issue. Let’s say five years from now they’re on the fifth new booster (optimistically, since this one took longer than a year to come out), will you have had to complete all 6+ earlier boosters in sequence before you can get the latest one? Surely at some point it’s not a reasonable assumption to think that everyone has diligently gotten the latest shots, like clockwork. Eventually the shots have to be able to work independently, right? Again, we seem to be able to pull off a new flu shot every single year...
- ok_dad 4y agoAgree, those are questions we need to understand the answers to, and I would guess that's the next focus area: how to improve the initial series of vaccinations using this bivalent vaccine, or maybe a later a more-multi-valent vaccine. My guess is that right now, it's a matter of doing what needs to be done now to cover the majority of people, since we can't do it all at once.
- Imnimo 4y agoBut this one requires only the primary course - why would you assume that you would need "all 6+ earlier boosters in sequence" when this one doesn't even require any previous booster?