What to Know About Boosters if You Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
The F.D.A. panel voted just on whether to advise a second Johnson & Johnson shot on Friday. Scientists discovered that Johnson & Johnson recipients who received a Moderna booster experienced a 76-fold increase in their antibody levels, compared with a fourfold increase after a 2nd Johnson & Johnson dose. Next week, a vaccine advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will make its own recommendation on Johnson & Johnson boosters. If that happens, individuals who got the Johnson & Johnson shot will be “on the horns of a dilemma,”said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and a vaccine expert at Vanderbilt University. People need to seek advice from with their doctors about whether it makes sense
to get a Johnson & Johnson booster as soon as it is authorized or wait for a possible mRNA booster, Dr. Schaffner said.
Researchers found that Johnson & Johnson receivers who got a Moderna booster experienced a 76-fold boost in their antibody levels, compared with a fourfold boost after a 2nd Johnson & Johnson dose. Next week, a vaccine advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will make its own suggestion on Johnson & Johnson boosters. If that takes place, individuals who got the Johnson & Johnson shot will be “on the horns of a dilemma,”said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and a vaccine specialist at Vanderbilt University.