thecolonel wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 9:59 am
No data or no data yet?
Given the choice i think I'd rather have one than not.
But I understand why some would feel unnecessary and if they have only had three it wouldn't stop me having a beer with them.
I know someone who is anti vax and I avoid him!
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"No data" means what it says. There is, as it stands, no available data that definitively indicate the necessity for a fourth dose for any except the clinically vulnerable. This despite there having been plenty of studies done already.
As I pointed out earlier, no-one can predict the future but many articles I have read point to the well-known phenomenon of affinity maturation taking place in the immune system. This basically means that even as antibody levels decline, the antibodies improve in efficacy and become better able to handle both the existing variants and any future variants that might arise.
In addition, the B and T cell response (which is often overlooked when assessing levels of immune perfection) also becomes more mature and more potent.
The NY Times article below explains this rather well. As it points out:
A flurry of new studies suggests that several parts of the immune system can mount a sustained, potent response to any coronavirus variant.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/heal ... ells.html
The title of the article is:
Got a Covid booster? You probably won't need another for a long time.
A growing number of scientists have opined that further boosters might not be needed for another four or five years at least, possibly longer.
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