Today I’ll answer some “reader mailbag” questions about COVID-19 vaccine booster doses, breakthrough infections, Delta, and how they all connect.
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COVID-19: Booster Doses – Part 3
In this third post on booster doses I will go into more details about the upcoming booster doses and give my thoughts on what these booster doses mean going forward.
COVID-19: Booster Doses – Part 2
In Booster Doses – Part 1 I wrote about some of the basics of booster doses and the need for “additional” doses (not booster doses) in patients with compromised immune systems. Today I’m going to talk about some of the rationale behind booster doses in patients with healthy immune systems.
COVID-19: Booster Doses – Part 1
The most recurring question I get is a variant (see what I did there?) of “What about booster doses?” A lot of complexity and potential for misunderstanding is built into that seemingly simple question.
COVID-19: Delta is not a delta…
The last time I wrote about variants there was absolutely no evidence that the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) was impacted by any of the then common variants. My assessment is still the same, even with the Delta variant. In other words, the Delta variant is not a delta.