Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Global USA Cases averaging >150,000/day. Going back and forth with FDA (Peter Marks) about whether there will be enough safety data on young people to justify boosters for everyone. Peter is aligned with me. I feel that if the safety data holds we should definitely give boosts to everyone at every age. I do not believe that you have to show a diminution in protection against hospitalization in order to trigger a booster. No way in a clinical trial would you require hospitalization to be a primary endpoint. We need to prevent symptomatic disease in everyone as well as preventing the spread of infection. That is why we need a booster for everyone . I have said it before , and I will say it now that I feel the proper regimen for COVID-19 vaccinations should be a prime followed in four weeks by a boost followed and five to seven months buy a third shot boost. PRESS: CNN “New Day” with Jim Sciutto; NPR “Morning Edition” with Rachel Martin; La Stampa (Italian TV); New York Times Podcast with Apoorva Mandavilli