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Locatelli: “Possible second dose Pfizer or Moderna for vaccinated with J&J”

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Anyone who has received an administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may receive another dose with Pfizer or Moderna. This was stated to “Che Tempo Che Fa” by Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Health Council and coordinator of the Technical Scientific Committee, speaking of a review process by the FDA, the US government body that deals with the regulation of food and pharmaceuticals, which will probably be followed by a discussion by the EMA.

«The J&J vaccine is one of the adenoviral vector vaccines – like that of Astrazeneca – single-dose. – Locatelli said live – The news is at this time that a review process is underway by the FDA and subsequently there will certainly also be Ema ». In the event that indications arrive on the administration of a second dose for those who have received Johson & Johnson “a messenger RNA vaccine would also have the advantage of an even better immunological response”. We therefore speak of Pfitzer or Moderna, whose administration «Even after more than 2 months does not affect the effectiveness».

With regard to the third dose, currently available for the over 60s, he did not rule out the possibility that “we will come later in time to consider it also for the youngest, but at this moment there is no evidence”.

“I make an appeal to get vaccinated” the president of the CTS then said: “it is true that we are 86% of people covered with at least one dose and 82% with two doses and in the over 70 age group we even go above 90%, but people who are missing have to learn to love each other. Because getting vaccinated means loving yourself and above all loving others too ».

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On the possibility of establishing the vaccination obligation, he then declared that “We started with a strategy of conviction and persuasion” on the front of the vaccination campaign, “which has largely breached and permeated the conscience of many citizens.” However, “If there were indications and extremes were posed, one could even consider the obligation to vaccinate”.

Locatelli then reassured the safety and efficacy of vaccines even for children, recalling that “the day Pfizer announced the 91% efficacy, the FDA clearly said that the benefits deriving from immunization exceed by far any potential risk. And remember that a third of the dose of what we received was used in the 5-11 year range. “

Returning to the issue of donating vaccines to countries in difficulty, he declared that «The closer we get to the return to normalcy, the more we will think that we will all come out of it together. We cannot ignore the problem that in some countries the percentage of vaccinated people does not even reach double digits: we must help them. The pandemic emerges with two values: that of knowledge and that of solidarity ».

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