Here we go again.
The Pfizer CEO is now saying that a fourth booster shot is necessary to keep hospitalizations more manageable and sickness more mild.
In the interests of full disclosure, I had my third Pfizer booster last October.
From The Hill:
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Sunday that a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be necessary to continue to help keep hospitalizations manageable and sicknesses more mild.
"Right now, the way that we have seen, it is necessary, a fourth booster right now. The protection that you are getting from the third, it is good enough, actually quite good for hospitalizations and deaths," Bourla said while appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation."
"It's not that good against infections but doesn't last very long. But we are just submitting those data to the FDA [Food and Drug Administration], and then we will see what the experts also will say outside Pfizer," he added.
In August, the FDA fully approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for people at least 16 years old or older. A third dose of Pfizer's vaccine has been granted emergency use authorization.
Bourla told CNBC on Saturday of his company's plans to submit data for a fourth COVID-19 dose.
What's next? Quarterly boosters?
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