“Flash in the pan” – GECKO has first information about the 4th vaccination – Austria-News
Israel vaccinates at breakneck speed, the fourth stitch is granted here. Now the fourth dose is also being discussed in Austria for the first time.
As the omicron wave sweeps through Europe, boosters are the most urgent appeal the mutation should make. According to several experts and experts, the third vaccination should ensure that the risk of a severe course of the disease is minimized.
Israel is already vaccinating a fourth time
So if you have been vaccinated against Corona three times, there is not much you can do other than keep your distance, wear a mask and reduce contacts, right? Not quite, in Israel the fourth stitch is already being granted in order to get the omicron wave under control and to protect the vulnerable groups.
As per a paper from the State-level COVID Crisis Coordination (GECKO), which “today“At the moment, as is known, Austria is already thinking about the fourth vaccination. The experts from the so-called Omikron-AG (Schernhammer, Puchhammer, Kollaritsch, Bergthaler, Popper) analyzed the data from Israel.
The paper states that “vaccination intervals that are too short cause the desired booster effect to disappear”. Experts continue to describe the 4th sting as “like a kind of flash in the pan”, which leads to a short-term increase in antibodies, but this is “not sustainable”.
Further procedures should also only be discussed when further research results from Israel are available. Several pharmaceutical companies are now working on an adapted vaccine for the omicron variant, which is expected to be on the market as early as the second quarter of this year.
This adapted vaccine should then only be used for third or fourth vaccination. In conclusion, the expert paper states: “There is a lack of knowledge about further upcoming mutations for a clear recommendation on “mixed variants”.