Bill Gates’ opinion on a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine

Bill Gates continues to closely monitor everything related to the coronavirus pandemic. In a context where several countries have launched their vaccination campaigns and where there are global alerts on the effectiveness of vaccines against South African and Brazilian strains, the businessman launched a strong warning about vaccination.

“A third dose of the coronavirus vaccine may be needed to prevent severe cases of new variants of the disease”, assured the founder of Microsoft in an interview for CBS Evening News. In this sense, he clarified and postulated different scenarios: “The discussion now is whether we should only get a very high coverage current vaccine, or do we need a third dose do the same, or do we need a modified vaccine ”.

In turn, he explained that “the five companies that have vaccines in the United States are considering making this change and adding it so that people who have already received two injections need a third“. The philanthropist considered that it is “reasonably probable that we have a adjusted vaccine just to be absolutely sure that when these variants arrive in the United States, they don’t escape vaccine protection. “

Gates, who is funding studies in South Africa to determine whether vaccines AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax they were so effective against the most contagious variant, he referred to current research. “AstraZeneca in particular has a challenge with the variant, and the other two, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax, are a little less effective, but still strong enough to get them out as quickly as possible while we study this idea of ​​adapting the vaccine. . . “Indian doors.

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