{"id":96405,"date":"2022-06-27T08:46:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T07:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96405"},"modified":"2022-06-27T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T07:46:40","slug":"tweaked-vaccine-safe-against-omicron-pfizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tweaked-vaccine-safe-against-omicron-pfizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweaked Vaccine Safe Against Omicron \u2013 Pfizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer has announced that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works \u2014 just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccines currently used in the U.S. still offer strong protection against severe COVID-19-19 disease and death \u2014 especially if people have gotten a booster dose. But those vaccines target the original coronavirus strain and their effectiveness against any infection dropped markedly when the super-contagious omicron mutant emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Now with omicron\u2019s even more transmissible relatives spreading widely, the Food and Drug Administration is considering ordering a recipe change for the vaccines made by both Pfizer and rival Moderna in hopes that modified boosters could better protect against another COVID-19 surge expected this fall and winter.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer and its partner BioNTech studied two different ways of updating their shots \u2014 targeting just omicron, or a combination booster that adds omicron protection to the original vaccine. They also tested whether to keep today\u2019s standard dosage \u2014 30 micrograms \u2014 or to double the shots\u2019 strength.<\/p>\n<p>In a study of more than 1,200 middle-aged and older adults who\u2019d already had three vaccine doses, Pfizer said both booster approaches spurred a substantial jump in omicron-fighting antibodies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Based on these data, we believe we have two very strong omicron-adapted candidates,\u201d Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pfizer has announced that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works \u2014 just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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