Yep , the 2 jabs will be turning on the 3rd and 4th jabs recipients soon enough !
after the above post , The 3rd booster is on its way. not even the first year since the initial role out . Israel is already suggesting 5 boosters may be required , Not if it is capped and end of or just for the first year . But hey no probs we can just stop by the clinics every few months as we had out to what our masters have allowed us to attend by the generously restricted freedoms . Go you good thing , digital passport !Britain's medicines watchdog today approved the AstraZeneca and Pfizer Covid jabs to be used as third doses, as the country edges closer towards green-lighting a booster vaccine programme this autumn.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said that the two vaccine brands were 'safe and effective' when administered months after the initial two injections.
Moderna's vaccine, the third jab being used as part of Britain's standard two-dose rollout, has not been approved as a booster, but only because not enough studies have looked at giving the jab as a third dose to healthy people.
The development now paves the way for the Government's vaccine advisory panel – which is separate from the MHRA – to decide who should get boosters.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) is meeting today to determine the scope of the programme.
It will also decide if people should stick to the brand they were originally vaccinated with, or if they would benefit even more if they topped up with a different vaccine.
But the panel is not expected to sign off on plans for a mass booster rollout to the 32million people over the age of 50 in the UK, which had previously been touted.
Instead, it is understood that only the very elderly, people with serious health conditions and other immunosuppressed people will be included.
Professor Adam Finn, an expert in child health and JCVI member, gave the biggest hint yet that that would be the case today.
During a round of interviews just hours before the meeting began, he said it was 'not clear' that the UK is seeing waning protection from the vaccines.
He conceded that the jabs may have lost some of their potency in protecting against infections, but insisted they were doing their main job in keeping people out of hospitals.
What a bloody load of tripe !
