Vaccine boosters might be necessary this fall

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A nurse prepares a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Foxborough, Mass., on Wednesday. Associated Press/Photo by Steven Senne

Vaccine boosters might be necessary this fall

Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested people who got a COVID-19 shot this spring may need to go get another one later. “We know that the vaccine durability of the efficacy lasts at least six months, and likely considerably more,” he told Axios. “But I think we will almost certainly require a booster within a year or so after getting the primary because the durability of protection against coronavirus is generally not lifelong.”

Will the boosters be available? Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said his company would have data from booster shot trials within the next two months. Moderna is also working on a booster. So far, about half of eligible Americans have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 10 percent have developed natural antibodies after recovering from a confirmed case.

Dig deeper: Listen to Sarah Schweinsberg’s report on The World and Everything in It about the unusual incentives some officials are offering to encourage people to get vaccinated.

Leigh Jones

Leigh is features editor for WORLD. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate who spent six years as a newspaper reporter in Texas before joining WORLD News Group. Leigh also co-wrote Infinite Monster: Courage, Hope, and Resurrection in the Face of One of America's Largest Hurricanes. She resides with her husband and daughter in Houston, Texas.