We asked experts to break down the likelihood that we’ll eventually encounter seasonal COVID-19 booster shots?
As the rates and risks change, we adapt.
Sherif Mossad, MD, is an infectious disease physician at Cleveland Clinic.
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We encourage everyone eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccination and to get boosted.
Since people can be reinfected, there is no possibility for herd immunity, Dr. Yang says.
Dr. Otto Yang is a Clinician in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Department of Medicine at UCLA.
Its not black and white.
Its not that suddenly after four months the vaccine doesnt do anything.
Its that after four months, its effectiveness starts to steadily decline, Dr. Yang says.
And, if youre concerned that additional doses may be counterproductive, Dr. Yang says thats misinformation.
People are misapplying science principles to raise alarm, Dr. Yang says.
There is a lot of pushing the thought that getting vaccinated will exhaust your immune system.
Exhaustion is a formal term used by immunologists where the immune response against the virus is overstimulated.
And its not true, he explains.
So, are seasonal COVID-19 booster shots in our future?
Its currently unclear if were headed toward seasonal COVID boosters, explains Dr. Mossad.
That said, Dr. Yang says COVID-19 boosters are likely.
We need to see if COVID itself becomes more seasonal, he says.
The companies are working on ways to adjust the vaccine so they will have a better long-term effect.
Hopefully, we will know in a year or two.
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