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Panel Of Scientists Determines Most People Don't Need Boosters;
Moderna Plummets

Tyler Durden's Photo
by Tyler Durden
Monday, Sep 13, 2021 - 01:33 PM

As a growing chorus of scientists and activists question the Biden
Administration's scramble to roll out booster jabs to Americans as
quickly as possible, steamrolling the conventional approval process
and leading to the resignation of two senior FDA officials, more
research has just been released suggesting booster jabs simply aren't
necessary for most people - especially those who have already been
vaccinated once.

The finding comes via a report citing the opinions of an all-star
panel of scientists from around the world published via the Lancet.
Governments would be better served to focus on immunizing the
unvaccinated and to wait for more data on which boosters. What's
more, it's not yet clear what doses would be most effective according
to the authors, a group that includes two prominent US FDA
experts.

Shares of Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech traded lower on the news given
that boosters were their key to an annual "cash cow" business.

[vaccine]

The scientists' assessment was based on a wide range of real-world
observational studies as well as data from clinical trials before the
vaccines were approved. "None of the studies has provided credible
evidence of substantially declining protection against severe
disease," the authors wrote.

The FDA scientists involved were Marion Gruber, who leads the FDA's
Office of Vaccines Research and Review, and her deputy Philip Krause.
Both recently announced their plans to step down later this year. Now
it's pretty clear that they're perhaps doing so to oppose the booster
jab rollout.

    NEW--Even for the #DeltaVariant, vaccine efficacy against severe #
    COVID19 so high that booster doses for general population are not
    appropriate at this stage in the pandemic.

    Expert review of evidence to date by intl. group of scientists:
    https://t.co/3gytNuwrw9 #VaccinEquity pic.twitter.com/gsZbjLeJjW

    -- The Lancet (@TheLancet) September 13, 2021

The WHO has urged against broad use of boosters, saying it would make
better public-health sense to focus on immunizing those who haven't
gotten any shots yet whether because of anti-vaccine sentiment in
countries with ample reserves, or because they live in places with
little access to shots.

"Even if boosting were eventually shown to decrease the medium-term
risk of serious disease, current vaccine supplies could save more
lives if used in previously unvaccinated populations," the authors
wrote.

What's more, boosters could lead to even more harmful side effects in
the population, a phenomenon which isn't well understood, even as
cases of heart inflammation have increasingly been tied to mRNA
vaccines.

Readers can read the Lancet's conclusion below:

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