J&J vaccine recipients seek booster shots
Jason Gallagher, an infectious disease pharmacist in Philadelphia had gotten the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine through a clinical trial in November, but this summer he didn't like the direction Covid-19 cases were taking due to variants.
"Come June, I started to get nervous about this Delta variant spreading and had some travel plans," said Gallagher, a clinical professor at Temple University School of Pharmacy.
So, Gallagher decided to get a dose of a different mRNA vaccine, even though he was already considered fully protected with his single dose of the J&J vaccine.Once word got around that he got an extra dose, he started hearing from many others who had done the same.
"My phone was kind of ringing off the hook for a week," Gallagher said.Right now, trying to boost your immune system with an additional dose of Covid-19 vaccine after a J&J shot is not recommended. The vaccine makers are studying whether that needs to change. Gallagher is not the only scientist who is getting ahead of the guidance.
Angela Rasmussen, a virologist who works with Georgetown University tweeted in June that she got an mRNA vaccine after having had the J&J shot, so that she would be "as protected as possible from the Delta variant."
In June, Dr. Vin Gupta, a professor at the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation also tweeted the advice he said he's given patients: "If you received the 1-dose J&J, go and get 1-shot of Pfizer or Moderna as a "booster" when you're able. Most I know who got J&J are doing it and are telling others the same — since two seems better than 1 re: delta."
More than 13.2 million people in the US have gotten the J&J single dose vaccine, according to the CDC. The vaccine is effective and protects well against hospitalization and death, studies show. (CNN)
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