Fauci Finally Tells America What ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Means

What does “fully vaccinated” mean?

A while back, it meant two shots of a Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, or just one from Johnson & Johnson. But then Omicron appeared, bringing with it the need for a third shot, a “booster” (and there is already talk of a fourth shot possibly being necessary some time down the road).

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. immunologist, has hemmed and hawed in recent days when asked what “fully vaccinated” means, but on Tuesday, he finally gave out his definition.

“We’re using the terminology now ‘keeping your vaccinations up to date,’ rather than what ‘fully vaccinated’ means,” Fauci said during a National Institutes of Health lecture Tuesday, according to Bloomberg News. “Right now, optimal protection is with a third shot of an mRNA or a second shot of a J&J.”

Fauci’s comments followed word from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday that third shots of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine should be administered within five months after completing the initial two-shot series. That shortened the time frame by a month. – READ MORE