A GROUNDBREAKING study has found a third booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine could help keep the Delta variant at bay, by giving seniors four times the protection against COVID-19.
According to Israeli researchers in Jerusalem, patients who have received a booster jab boasted four times greater protection against the coronavirus. Data from the Ministry of Health of Israel also appears to show the booster is five to six times more effective at protecting seniors from serious illness and hospitalisation than the regular two doses. The Pfizer vaccine was recently approved by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and the Israeli government has already approved the rollout of booster shots in July this year for people over the age of 60. Israeli researchers believe booster shots of Pfizer can tackle the Delta varian. The Pfizer vaccine is administered in two doses More recently, the booster programme was extended to people above the age of 30. According to the WHO, Israel has reported more than one million Covid infections since the pandemic began, as well as more than 6,800 deaths. As of August 21, more than 12.7 million vaccines have been administered across the country. About 80 percent of Israel’s population has already received two doses of the vaccine, and about 1.4 million people have had a booster. To put the numbers into perspective, Israel has a fairly small population of about 9.05 million. Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel, said on Sunday: “Israel has a major advantage today because we are world pioneers in using the third vaccination, and we have a better understanding about the rate at which the previous vaccinations are waning, and what we need to do, when we need to do it, and even for what ages. “My advice to every world leader today is to start the third vaccination straight away, don’t wait. “Give it five months from the second vaccination, otherwise you will have false illusions about protection.” Evidence has emerged to show Covid vaccines, although effective, offer weakened protection in time, which makes the case for a booster shot after the initial two. According to Doron Gazit, a member of the Hebrew University’s COVID-19, handing out boosters to Israelis over the age of 60 has proven to slow the rate of infection in the last 10 days. He told Reuters: “We attribute this to the booster shots and more cautious behaviour. It is estimated more than half of people over the age of 60 have already received the third jab. Some are, however, uncertain whether widespread booster jabs can truly eliminate the threat posed by Delta. Dvir Aran, a biomedical data scientist at Israel’s Institute of Technology, said: “It will take a long time until enough people get a third dose and until then thousands more people will getting serous ill.” Nick Note: Its really simple if people do not want a vaccine so be it. But they cannot be allowed to infect others. So have vaccinated venues and places where the unvancinated can go and infect each other. And when not if they get infected let them go to their own hospitals and pay the bill. IF they can pay the bill. Why should the state be forced to subsidy their right not to vaccinate…… To be clear here the evidence is conclusive unvaccinated people are getting infected and hospitalized at staggering rates,, And people who have had the their vaccines are rarely if ever getting infected…. With the vast number of Americans vaccines wearing off and the leadership not following the science and not aggressively rolling out the 3rd vaccine disaster is coming .. things ARE getting ugly. And soon they will get the ugliest imaginable. You do not have to worry about locks downs. As people begin dropping dead on the streets the economy will simply shut down… And those hordes you are seeing screaming for their rights to not be vaccinated…. soon they will be screaming for a ventilator for all the good it will NOT do them