Dr. Fauci (pictured) has recommended that Americans who received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine (inset) get a booster shot as soon as possible.
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Fauci tells people who got J&J they should feel GOOD about taking a second shot and says it should never have been a single jab after study found that protection fell to just 3% in six months
- Dr. Anthony Fauci has recommended that Americans who received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine get a booster shot as soon as possible
- His comments came just days after a FDA advisory committee unanimously voted to recommend booster shots for adult J&J recipients
- Fauci also confirmed reports that those who got the J&J jab could be better off by getting a booster shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines
- A recently released study found that the J&J shot's protection fell from 88% in March to just 3% in August
- In comparison, Moderna's vaccine effectiveness fell from 92% to 64% and Pfizer's vaccine protection dropped from 91% to 50%
- However, Fauci notes that the advisory committee will issue a recommendation on what shot those who received J&J should get after analyzing all data
Dr.
Anthony Fauci believes
Johnson & Johnson should have made their
COVID-19 vaccine a two-dose shot and is encouraging Americans to get a booster for the one-jab vaccine as soon as it becomes available.
The immunologist issued the warning after a recent study found that the J&J shot's protection fell from 88 per cent in March to just three per cent in August.
'What the advisors to the
FDA felt is that, given the data that they saw, very likely, this should have been a two dose vaccine to begin with,' Fauci said during a Sunday morning interview on This Week ABC.
'So the idea of making a recommendation that people who originally received J&J should receive a second dose — 18 or older with none of the restrictions about whether or not you're at a high risk or not at a high risk — is that everyone who received that first dose of J&J who are 18 and older should receive it.'
His comments came just days after a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee unanimously voted to recommend booster shots for adult J&J recipients.
Fauci also reiterated that J&J recipients should not be concerned about the jab’s lower efficacy, in comparison to that of Pfizer or Moderna, but should instead ‘feel good’ about the booster recommendation.