Anthony Pouch, director of NIAID, receiving the corona 19 vaccine on the 22nd of last month. [사진 = 연합뉴스] The U.S. government is considering a plan to pull the second dose that is being stored for administration to the first dose of the Corona 19 vaccine to new vaccinators.
In order to increase the effectiveness of the vaccine, the second dose should be administered after a certain point after the first vaccination. As the waiting demand for new vaccinations is so tight, the intention is to change the amount of new vaccination until the second dose.
Anthony Pouch, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), appeared on NBC broadcast on the 31st of last month (local time) and discussed a plan within the government to match other people with the second dose of vaccination reserved as a reserve. Has been said
Pfizer vaccine should be vaccinated 2 weeks after the first dose and 2 doses of Modena vaccine within 3 weeks, so that more than 90% of the immunity effect confirmed by clinical trials is exhibited.
Accordingly, the US distributes the vaccine for the first dose and is stockpiling the same amount as the second dose.
However, in order to achieve the goal of’initial mass vaccination’, the immunity effect cannot be achieved if the second dose is not secured in a timely manner while using the second dose in advance.
Modena vaccine [로이터 = 연합뉴스] In the process, it is also likely that the US government will put intense pressure on Pfizer and Modena to “achieve a rapid supply of vaccines to the United States first.” In this case, it cannot be ruled out the possibility that the amount to be traded at the time of mutual agreement between Pfizer, Moder, and other countries anxiously waiting for the vaccine and the pharmaceutical companies will unfairly flow into the United States.
In this regard, Pouch said, “It is important to adhere to the clinical trial data to achieve the maximum protection effect (the second dose must be given within a certain period after the first dose).” As he said, it is highly likely that the US government will be greedy and pressure the global vaccine supply and demand network to secure the second volume to be used within 2-3 weeks while pulling out the second volume.
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