– You do not need additional protection, says vaccine researcher about the third dose of vaccine.
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Vaccine researcher Gunnveig Grødeland shouted warning against Norway is now starting to vaccinate parts of the population with a third coronary vaccine dose during The debate on NRK Tuesday night.
On Tuesday, Bent Høie announced that more Norwegians will now be offered a third dose, more specifically those over 65, as well as those with underlying disease. Another condition that must be taken into account is that it has been over six months since a vaccine dose was last received.
Grødeland argued during the Debate that is not unambiguous those over 65 years of age benefit best from receiving a third dose of vaccine. This is because they have already built up a sufficient memory response.
– After two doses, you get a good and very long-lasting memory response that protects you despite the fact that the antibody levels go down, says Grødeland.
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– Do not use for additional protection – Does the memory response not triple as good after three doses?
– Yes, but the question is how good are you really going to have it? You reach a level where enough is enough, and if you get over, you end up over, but you have already achieved good protection. You do not need additional protection, she said.
She also argued that new virus mutations to the greatest extent, something those in the risk groups should fear, but that they will not be a threat to the other vaccinated.
– What is the connection between the third dose in Norway and Africa?
– The more doses you have to use in Africa, the more you will be able to reduce the likelihood of mutations occurring that can come back to us. In addition, you actually get a more ethically fair distribution of the vaccines in that we actually ensure that others get the protection we have and have had for a while now, she said.
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Should prioritize countries with poor vaccine access
Another point that was brought to the fore by Secretary General of Norwegian People’s Aid Henriette Westhrin and MSF doctor Elin Hoffmann Dahl during the debate, was that vaccine coverage elsewhere in the world is so poor that it should be the first priority now, as we have vaccinated so many with two doses in Norway and in the West in general.
In August this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) once again
prosperous countries to wait to give its citizens a third dose of vaccine before ten percent of the world’s population is vaccinated.
– We will have to focus on getting those who are most at risk and most at risk of get a serious course of illness and maybe death, vaccinated with two injections, said WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus.
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