THE JERUSALEM POST — Taking a third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine boosts the immunity of recipients more than tenfold compared to those who received only two doses of the vaccine more than five prior, according to a report published Wednesday night by Israeli researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The report was published just as the American Food & Drug Administration is meant to discuss an earlier decision by President Joe Biden to follow Israel and administer booster shots to all eligible citizens. America is already providing third doses to people who are immunosuppressed.
Israel made boosters available to everyone over the age of 12 at the end of August. So far, nearly 3 million Israelis have been jabbed with a third shot. The country continues to have an average of 10,000 new cases per day. However, unvaccinated people comprise 65% of all severe infections in the country and around 90% of all individuals who are connected to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) machines.
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