Malaysian Society of Infectious Diseases and Chemotherapy president Prof Dr Zamberi Sekawi said data in Israel and the United States had shown that there was an increase of infection among those vaccinated as immunity waned.
“This is a big issue – vaccine inequity – because certain rich countries give boosters but at the same time, most poor countries have not even received their first dose. “Sometimes, antibodies are low but if the T-cells are very robust because of the vaccine, then we do not need to worry about the low antibodies as the other part of the immune system will work against the virus,” he said.
Dr Kuljit said there should not be any delay in procuring the vaccines as there would be a shortage once other countries also started looking into boosters for their population.“Let’s not delay because we may lose out again like what happened during April and May when we did not have many vaccines because other countries got it first as they planned it much earlier,” Dr Kuljit said.
“It will become evident by then if the infection rate is coming down and this is what we want to achieve – to see the pandemic going down to a level where we can start moving around more freely than what we have right now,” he added. “Similarly, vaccination of children aged 12 to 17 would help reduce the outbreak and indirectly protect others,” he said.
then it is should not call as vaccine anymore.
When they wane of a new variant emerges. It’s almost like the vaccines are the variants hmmm
So it’s gonna be like a subscription then? Renew every 6 months? 😏
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