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Moderna President: Delta does not escape immunity, but it is the vaccine that lowers protection! Why take the third dose

Moderna President: Delta does not escape immunity, but it is the vaccine that

The Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads so rapidly and is so contagious that it has exposed vulnerabilities in vaccine protection and changed the outlook to end the pandemic. This was stated by the president of Moderna, Stephen Hoge.

In an interview with CNBC, he said that Delta is so fast in infecting people that it raises the alarm about how effective vaccines should be: In fact some of the weaknesses of vaccines have been shown, perhaps earlier than we expected.

The day before, Moderna published a new analysis, which showed that the incidence of Covid cases in fully vaccinated persons was lower in those who had recently been vaccinated, thus suggesting that protection against the Covid vaccine fades with the passage of time.

Moderna President: Delta does not escape immunity, but it is the vaccine that

Referring to this study, Hoge points out that it is not only the Delta variant that is to blame, but also the weakening of vaccine protection, certainly combined with the contagious variant of the virus.

"The Delta variant is not a variant that escapes immunity in itself. It is simply weakening our immune system at a time when vaccine protection is declining. "This is why it explains the numbers of infections we are experiencing starting this summer."

According to Hoge, the latest results from studies show that we will need a booster dose of the vaccine. The US FDA is already expected to make a decision on the other doses that are expected to be from Pifzer, while for Moderna the application as an additional dose will have to be reviewed.

Britain is one of the countries that has launched the third dose vaccine campaign, calling on categories over 60 and medical staff to do so.

* CNBC article translated and adapted into Albanian by Tiranapost.al.