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The National Institutes of Health announced on Wednesday that Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, had contracted COVID despite being fully vaccinated and double-boosted against the virus. The NIH reported that Fauci has "mild symptoms" and "has not" been close to President Biden recently. A release from the National Institutes of Health explained further: Today, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 on a rapid antigen test. He...

A fourth shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine increased protection against viral infection for only four to seven weeks, according to a massive study published Tuesday. The study included 1.25 million people age 60 and over in Israel who received their fourth dose between January and March. Israel uses only the Pfizer vaccine. People who got the fourth dose were half as likely to test positive for COVID-19 four weeks later when compared to people who only had three doses, according to the study. But by the eighth week, the groups were almost equally likely to catch COVID-19, researchers found....

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a fourth dose of Pfizer and Moderna's Wuhan coronavirus vaccine this week, despite a lack of clinical data showing they are effective or necessary. "Drugmaker Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults," CBS News reported late last week. "The request is broader than rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer's request earlier this week for the regulator to approve a booster shot for all seniors." Doctors truly focused on following the science, not political science, are...

Interim results released show that the vaccine offers little to no protection against the virus when compared to three doses.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to request authorization this week for an additional COVID-19 booster dose for seniors, according to a person familiar with the matter. It would add a fourth dose to the regimen, which currently consists of a primary series of two shots, followed months later by a booster dose, in an effort to provide maximum protection to the over-65 population that has been hit hardest by the pandemic. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control must approve the request. The person who spoke about the upcoming Pfizer authorization request spoke on...

Despite the mildness of the dominant omicron variant and the evidence that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine hasn't stopped infection or transmission of SARS-CoV-2 while posing serious health risks, the company's CEO is asking the FDA to grant emergency use authorization for a second booster, a fourth shot."Clearly there is a need in an environment of omicron to boost the immune response," Albert Bourla said Friday on CNBC's "Squawk Box."Bourla claimed the data indicate the protection against severe disease after three doses is "very good." But the protection wanes after only three or four months, he acknowledged.In January, Bourla acknowledged that...

DR. FAUCI: "There may be the need for yet again another boost, in this case a fourth dose boost for an individual receiving the MRNA..." https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/1491476947418943492

Appearing on ABC’s This Week Sunday, Anthony Fauci declared that it is “entirely conceivable” that a fourth booster vaccine will soon be needed by all Americans who wish to be considered ‘fully vaccinated’. “We may need to boost again. That’s entirely conceivable,” Faiuci said, adding “Before we make that decision about yet again another boost, we want to determine clearly what the durability of protection is of that regular boost.” Watch: It is “entirely conceivable” that we may need boosters again, Dr. Anthony Fauci tells @MarthaRaddatz. “Before we make that decision about yet again another boost, we want to determine...

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that it was “entirely conceivable” people may need boosters again to fight COVID-19.

Expert at Sheba Medical Center says jab raises COVID antibody levels, but there are ‘still a lot of infections’ among those who received it ----- Nearly a month after Sheba Medical Center launched a landmark study to test the efficacy of a fourth COVID shot, the hospital said Monday that this fourth booster was only partially effective in protecting against the Omicron strain. “The vaccine, which was very effective against the previous strains, is less effective against the Omicron strain,” Prof. Gili Regev-Yochay, a lead researcher in the experiment said. “We see an increase in antibodies, higher than after the...

Israeli researchers identify rise in antibody levels in people administered a second booster of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, but not enough to block the omicron variant A fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab, but it likely is not enough to prevent omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel. The vaccines led to an increase in the number of antibodies "even a little bit higher than what we had after the third dose", said Prof. Regev-Yochay who leads the study at Sheba Medical Center, adding that the results were preliminary...

Days after White House COVID-19 advisor Anthony Fauci suggested the federal government is considering changing its definition of “fully vaccinated” to include a booster dose, he indicated Tuesday that such efforts are underway. The Epoch Times “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-hosted commentary. “Right now, optimal protection is with a third shot of an mRNA or a second shot of a J&J,” he said, referring to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as well as the Pfizer and Moderna shots, which use...

A fourth shot of the COVID-19 vaccine may be in your future, but it’s too early to tell right now, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “Before we start talking about a fourth shot, it will be very important for us to determine the durability of protection, particularly against severe disease for the third shot booster of an mRNA and the second shot of a J&J,” Fauci said. “Right now, we don’t have that information.” Fauci said that COVID-19 cases are still surging throughout the country. More protection — which...

The Health Ministry's vaccination committee recommended overnight into Monday against administering a fourth vaccination to the general population, including immunocompromised people. The committee also decided against recommending shortening the waiting time between the second and third shots. The booster shot is currently administered five months after receiving the second shot, and the committee was considering to shorten that period by two months. [cut] In the U.S., the CDC has already recommended a fourth dose for immunocompromised people in October. Meanwhile, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla warned last week that a fourth vaccine may be needed (by the general population) to battle...

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Wednesday suggested that a fourth dose of the COVID vaccine might be necessary as the Omicron variant spreads. “The best way to see it is the virus is the enemy. We want to protect ourselves. We build a wall. The first dose builds a wall, but it’s not very high,” Bourla explained on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in updated guidelines Tuesday that some immunocompromised people who have received either Pfizer or Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines will be able to get a fourth shot.Details: People over 18 who are "moderately to severely immunocompromised" and have received three doses of an mRNA vaccine may get a fourth shot (of either the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines) at least six months after getting their third Pfizer or Moderna dose, per the CDC.Worth noting: For immunocompromised people, the third COVID-19 vaccine shot is classified as an "additional dose" by the CDC, and...