FDA finds that Moderna's booster dose enhances virus-fighting antibodies

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said a booster dose of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine enhanced virus-fighting antibodies, while maintaining an ambivalent tone about whether a third dose is currently needed.

The agency’s review came just after Moderna submitted to the FDA a briefing suggesting that a booster of its vaccine could protect against breakthrough infections from the delta variant.

The FDA is scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday, when independent experts will advise the agency on questions about booster shots’ safety and effectiveness, as well as whether people can safely take a booster made by a company different from their original shot.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fda-finds-that-modernas-booster-dose-enhances-virus-fighting-antibodies/ar-AAPpori

[rso]

1. Moderna

Wish they would hurry up in providing the Moderna booster. Those of us who got the two Moderna shots early this year are due for a booster.

[tritsofme]

2. I checked the box and took my third Moderna a few weeks ago.

No regrets.

[Lemon Lyman]

3. -

& it's technically a 3rd dose of the same stuff Moderna folk received previously, yeah?

I don't know if Pfizer's booster is different than the first 2 doses or not. If not I don't know why Pfizer's booster has been approved while Moderna's hasn't. I don't fully understand vaccine vs booster I guess.

[LisaL]

6. Pfizer's booster is exactly the same as the first two doses.

Pfizer has been approved because Pfizer submitted its documents earlier than Moderna.
They are still discussing whether to approve Moderna's booster.

[Lemon Lyman]

11. TY

Thanks Lisa!

[lagomorph777]

12. Pfizer's booster is a 3rd dose of the same vaccine.

We will eventually get to the point where we get annual updates, which address the newest variants. Not there yet.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Do we know that the boosters that we've got are effective for a full year?

[lagomorph777]

19. No.

Whatever frequency we have to do, I'll do, happily.

[Earth-shine]

14. Same for my wife, my mother, and me. "Check the box" and get it done.

I got mine at a Publix supermarket. Very easy.

[riversedge]

4. I hope to get my booster next week

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. I got a Moderna third shot a month ago

I am high risk and an antibody test came back with a very low level of antibodies. Two of my doctors told me to get the third shot. I got the regular Moderna shot which has twice the load of the proposed Moderna boosters.

[LisaL]

7. I got my Moderna booster as well.

I haven't gotten the antibody test, but I had a reaction to the booster. So judging by my reaction I should have made more antibodies.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. WE both got the full Moderna shot which is the twice the level of the proposed booster

The planned moderna booster will be one-half of the dosage that we got

I felt like crap the day after the booster.

No one knows for sure what the antibody tests mean but the general wisdom is that the higher the antibody level, the more immediated protection.

[LisaL]

9. Yep, we got the full dose, because that's approved for the immunocompromised group.

Half a dose hasn't been approved yet.
I don't mind getting the full dose, my side effects went away after two days.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

10. Same here, and people need to stop calling it a booster, its a 3rd dose of Moderna

[Kingofalldems]

13. So are Moderna boosters available at say CVS?

[Earth-shine]

15. There's a good chance of that. Might depend on the particular state.

I got mine at Publix supermarket.

[oregonjen]

16. A third dose is, for immune compromised, booster not yet approved

for the rest of us.

[Zorro]

17. My wife and I got our Moderna booster shots at CVS about a month ago

We were in SoCal. Just had to bring our Covid vaccination records and fill out a small form. No problem.

[mainer]

20. My Walgreens won't give me a booster yet

I’m 68 but have no other box to check.