E.U. admits frequent booster shots WEAKEN body’s immune system
With some countries considering a fourth booster shot amid the waning effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, the European Union’s top health agency is warning that getting boosted ever four months could harm the immune system’s ability to fight off the disease.
The European Medicines Agency advised countries instead to mirror the seasonal influenza vaccination strategy tied to the onset of the cold season, Bloomberg News reported.
In January, Israel became the first nation to administer a fourth shot, targeting those over 60.
The EMA’s head of biological health threats and vaccines strategy, Marco Cavaleri, spoke at a press briefing Tuesday.
“We need to think about how we can transition from the current pandemic setting to a more endemic setting,” he said.
A pandemic becomes endemic, like the common cold or flu, when it becomes seasonal and more manageable as a population gains immunity.
The World Health Organization said in a statement Tuesday that a vaccination strategy based on repeated booster doses of the original COVID-19 vaccines is unlikely to be appropriate or sustainable.
A recent study by Danish researchers found that after 90 days, the COVID-19 vaccines will make you more likely to get infected from omicron, not less. – READ MORE
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