BNTX - Biden officials contemplate the need of COVID-19 booster shots in vulnerable Americans

LarisaBozhikova/iStock via Getty Images Amid ongoing discussions regarding the necessity of booster shots for prevention of COVID-19, Biden administration health officials believe that vulnerable populations will need booster shots, The Washington Post reports. Senior officials expect that people above 65 years of age and older or who have compromised immune systems will most likely need a third shot of Pfizer (PFE) - BioNTech (BNTX) or Moderna (MRNA) coronavirus vaccines, as these have been the widely use jabs to inoculate majority of Americans thus far. Health officials' opinion is also tied in part to research suggesting that the Pfizer vaccine is less effective after about six months. More than half of those fully vaccinated in U.S. so far have received Pfizer’s vaccine, in two doses administered three weeks apart. Pfizer's study shows that four to six months after the second dose, vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection drops to 84% from a

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Biden officials contemplate the need of COVID-19 booster shots in vulnerable Americans