In an interview with “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Pfizer CEO, Albert Bourla said that the fourth shot of Covid-19 “booster” will be necessary according to his own opinion.
He added that he hoped this fourth shot will provide a year of immunity from COVID-19.
The question now is, are we supposed to be excited about these four shots in one year when the booster has provided no robust effectiveness?
“The protection we are getting from the third (dose) it is good enough – actually quite good for hospitalizations and deaths. It’s not that good against infections.”
Pfizer CEO @AlbertBourla tells @margbrennan his company is working “very diligently” to make a covid vaccine that will protect against variants & will protect “for at least a year.” pic.twitter.com/yf2baRwy4K
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) March 13, 2022
The Healthline reported:
Albert Bourla said more variants of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are coming and additional booster shots will be necessary.
He said third doses have been effective so far in preventing serious COVID-19 illnesses, but immunity could wane in the face of new variants.
Bourla told CNBC in December 2021 that a fourth dose may be needed after preliminary research showed that the Omicron variant can undermine the antibodies generated by the COVID-19 vaccine.
In mid-December, Israel also became the first country to approve a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that the second booster would be offered to people ages 60 or older and at-risk groups.
Interestingly (in a scary way), Bourla opines that the Covid shot may become like a “yearly flu shot.” I’ve heard rumors that they may even want to try to combine the two. We shall see. At this point, it seems wise to “just say NO.”
Sources: 100 Percent Fed Up, Healthline, CNBC