Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are developing a booster shot for their COVID-19 vaccine along with a new vaccine construct targeting the Delta variant.
The companies said real-world evidence from the Israel Ministry of Health showed vaccine efficacy has declined in the six months following vaccination, leading scientists to believe that a booster dose will “likely be necessary to maintain highest levels of protection.”
“These findings are consistent with an ongoing analysis from the companies’ Phase 3 study,” they said. “That is why we have said, and we continue to believe that it is likely, based on the totality of the data we have to date, that a third dose may be needed within 6 to 12 months after full vaccination.”
Pfizer and BioNTech added they expect to publish “more definitive data” soon and submit it to the Food and Drug Administration “in the coming weeks.”
The two companies also outlined plans to test a new vaccine construct focused on combatting the Delta variant.
“While we believe a third dose of BNT162b2 has the potential to preserve the highest levels protective efficacy against all currently known variants including Delta, we are remaining vigilant and are developing an updated version of the Pfizer-COVID-19 vaccine that uses a new construct based on the B.1.617.2 lineage first identified in India and also known as the Delta variant,” they said.
The companies said they expect to begin clinical trials on the new construct in August.
U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced plans for door-to-door efforts to get more Americans vaccinated after failing to meet his July 4 goal of 70% of all adults to have at least one dose.
As of Thursday, 67.3% of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 158,287,566 people have been fully vaccinated, representing 47.7% of the total U.S. population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A total of 33.79 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the United States and 606,439 people have died since the start of the pandemic, according to data gathered by Johns Hopkins University.
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I have had the vaccine, but I can’t help but wonder if this isn’t that Pfizer has had a taste of easy federal government money and wants more. Ship ’em out and bill HHS. Money wired back in an hour. Way easier than dealing with distributors, wholesalers, foreign governments paying pennies on the dollar.
HELL YES they want more..
Why would anyone get this or any other “COVID” vaccine?
What is wrong with you?
Sorry, I’ll have to keep this short. I have to get back out to my garage where I am developing a vaccine that is guaranteed to protect you from getting Covid 19, 20 and 21, The Flu, Chicken Pox, Herpes, Aids, STD’s and the common cold, and oh yeah, it cures cancer. Ok, it may not protect you from any of those but it will be at least 95% effective at preventing you from getting them all at once! It doesnt matter because when the drug manufacturers see how much money they can make from it and the politicians see how much money and power they can get from forcing people to take it, It is a slam dunk for FDA autorization, so that is my plan. What do you think?
All kidding aside, did anyone really not see this coming?
…as if the first shot didn’t kill enough people…
Seeing the gullibility of half of the American people with the first “vaccine” roll out, the drug companies will ride this scam to the finish line.
and THEN SOME… THey will keep MILKING IT as long as there’s lemmings out there, who LET THEM.