“This is the reason that I don’t generally recommend the vaccine booster for at least a few months following infection,” Dr. Siegel said.
as two doses of high-quality mRNA vaccines, such as Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.
The level of protection declined over time for all variants, but it dipped fastest for the omicron BA.1 variant. Dr. Marc Siegel, professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City and a Fox News medical contributor, told Fox News Digital that immunity from prior infection and immunity from vaccines both provide significant protection against severe illness and some protection against getting the virus again.“This is the reason that I don’t generally recommend the vaccine booster for at least a few months following infection,” he said.
“It supports the idea that those with a documented infection should be treated similarly to those who have been fully vaccinated with high-quality vaccines.”Researchers analyzed a total of 65 studies across 19 countries.
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