What to Know About Boosters if You Got the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
The F.D.A. panel voted only on whether to advise a second Johnson & Johnson shot on Friday. Researchers discovered that Johnson & Johnson receivers who received a Moderna booster experienced a 76-fold increase in their antibody levels, compared with a fourfold increase after a 2nd Johnson & Johnson dosage. 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 an issue,”said Dr. William Schaffner, medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases and a vaccine specialist at Vanderbilt University. Individuals must consult with their medical professionals 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 saidStated
Scientists found that Johnson & Johnson recipients who got a Moderna booster experienced a 76-fold increase in their antibody levels, compared with a fourfold boost after a second Johnson & Johnson dosage. 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 happens, people 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.