SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton: Coming Soon: Third Doses Of Pfizer, Moderna

Press release from SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton:

August 19, 2021

The CDC is now recommending a booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for everyone who received two doses of those vaccines. This effort will begin the week of Sept. 20. The booster dose should be given at least eight months after the second dose.

This recommendation is based on data collected from nursing home patients and studies from Israel suggesting that suggest that antibody levels decline over time and are less protective against all symptomatic COVID-19 infection. As the Delta-variant is surging across most of the United States, higher levels of antibody protection will be needed to prevent COVID-19 infection.

The two-dose series remains protective against severe disease, hospitalization and death. SSM Health will be ready to provide booster doses to eligible employees, patients and the general public beginning the week of Sept. 20.

More information about the dose and scheduling will be provided when it is available.

This press release was produced by SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton. The views expressed here are the author’s own.