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Receiving a third boosting dose of the Pfizer vaccine at least 5 months after the second immunizing dose reduces the risk of death from a Delta CoVid infection by 90%.  Israeli public health investigators reviewed the data from 843,208 members of the Clalit Health Services who were 50 years of age or older.

 

The mortality rate for those who only received the first two doses of the Pfizer vaccine was 2.98 per 100,000 persons per day.  Receiving that third dose reduced the rate by 95%  to 0.16 per 100,000 persons per day.  Projecting that lifesaving statistic to the United State population of middle aged and older adults shows that a timely booster saves 3,686 of our parents and grandparents every day or 1,345,520 of our beloved family members in a year.

 

The lifesaving plan is to get 2 shots of either the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines followed in 5 to 6 months by a booster of either vaccine since its ok to mix and match.  Those who are immunosuppressed should get a third immunizing shot 1 months after the second Pfizer or Moderna.  Then, they should get a boosting dose 6 months after the 3rd shot.  Those who got the Johnson and Johnson vaccine should get a boosting dose 2 months later.

 

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2115624

 

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