Do people who got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need a booster?

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By RONG-GONG LIN II, LUKE MONEYLOS ANGELES TIMES

JULY 6, 2021 6:17 AM PT

Should people who got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine consider getting a booster shot of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna?

The idea recently entered public discussion. Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist based in Canada, tweeted that she received a booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine “to top off the J&J vaccine I received in April,” citing a number of unanswered questions about how protective the one-dose shot is against the ultra-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus.

About the same time, some at UC San Francisco suggested there was no need to get a booster. The idea was even broached on a podcast hosted by Andy Slavitt, a former federal advisor on the government’s pandemic response.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/health/story/2021-07-06/do-people-who-got-the-johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-need-a-booster

I am one of those got the J & J shot...

[MrsCoffee]

1. J&J Covid-19 vaccine lasts at least 8 months, protects against Delta variant, studies find

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/health/johnson-vaccine-delta-variant/index.html

The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine provides immunity that lasts at least eight months, and it appears to provide adequate protection against the worrying Delta variant, the company said in a statement Thursday night.

"Current data for the eight months studied so far show that the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine generates a strong neutralizing antibody response that does not wane; rather, we observe an improvement over time," Dr. Mathai Mammen, head of research and development at J&J's Janssen vaccine arm, said in a statement.

The company said one dose of the vaccine elicits both a lasting antibody response and generates immune cells called T-cells that last eight months, also.

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I got the J&J shot. I’m expecting to need a booster end of year or beginning of next year. But not a different one.

[MerryHolidays]

2. Thanks so much for posting this.

I was wondering about it.

The writer of the article has a bit of a sense of humor!: "head of research and development at J&J's Janssen vaccine arm".

[MrsCoffee]

4. Nice catch.

It went right over my head til you pointed it out.

It’s the little things that brighten my day. Thank you!

[Johnny2X2X]

5. Good to hear

I had Covid last Fall and got J&J early this Spring. That combo seems to provide a ton of protection going forward.

Even with the Delta and now the Lambda version coming out of South I still think the vaccinated people will not be facing serious Covid even if they do get infected.

[GPV]

3. I want a booster

[zuul]

6. Me too!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. I think people are freaking out unnecessarily about needing a booster.

It's unfortunate that very early on in the vaccinating the idea of a booster, like flu vaccines, was brought up.

I got the J&J also and I'm extremely confident that I'm well protected. In fact, I saw something earlier today that indicated it is the Pfizer vaccine that is performing less well against the current variants.