The coordinator of the vaccination campaign, doctor Valeriu Gheorghiță, spoke on Wednesday evening about the duration of the immunity that the vaccine offers to the citizens. According to him, the period of immunity would be longer than previously thought, but it cannot be predicted exactly. Regarding the administration of the third dose of vaccine, the doctor believes that the countries that administer it want to prevent, in fact, the viralization of new strains.
“It’s one of the unanswered questions.”
Doctor Valeriu Gheorghiță was asked on Wednesday evening about the period in which we are protected by the vaccine. Given that we are in the midst of a vaccination campaign, millions of citizens want to know for what period they are protected when they choose to be vaccinated.
Unfortunately, this answer cannot be given exactly, and the coordinator of the anti-Covid-19 vaccination campaign confirms this. According to him, the immunity offered by the serum could be longer than the period estimated by the manufacturer and the doctors.
“It is one of the questions we do not have a firm answer at the moment. We have interim data, we have data at six months that show a maintenance of efficiency of over 90% compared to the disease due to this condition.
Certainly, this duration will be much longer than six months, eight months, a year, maybe even more, but it is difficult to anticipate “, revealed Valeriu Gheorghiță, exclusively at Realitatea PLUS.
Asked why the United Kingdom started vaccinating the population with the third dose, the doctor explained that this decision depends on each country and the dangers that exist in that place. However, a person with increased immunity responds better to various strains of the virus.
“The reason is not the loss of the protective immune response, but rather a mechanism that can anticipate the possible spread of viral variants that are not well enough covered by vaccines. Obviously, the higher the antibodies, the more the activity of the benefits obtained from vaccination is maintained. It is a decision of a country that makes its own public health policy “, added the doctor.
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