Why Fauci and the NIH backed Covid-19 vaccine boosters before the FDA and CDC
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/health/covid-19-boosters-agencies-khn-partner/index.htmlWhy Fauci and the NIH backed Covid-19 vaccine boosters before the FDA and CDC
By Sarah Jane Tribble and Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News
Updated 1:00 PM ET, Thu September 16, 2021
Evidence supports argument for boosters of Pfizer vaccine
Evidence supports argument for boosters of Pfizer vaccine 02:56
(KHN)In January — long before the first jabs of covid-19 vaccine were even available to most Americans — scientists working under Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases were already thinking about potential booster shots.
A month later, they organized an international group of epidemiologists, virologists and biostatisticians to track and sequence covid variants. They called the elite group SAVE, or SARS-Cov-2 Variant Testing Pipeline. And by the end of March, the scientists at NIAID were experimenting with monkeys and reviewing early data from humans showing that booster shots provided a rapid increase in protective antibodies — even against dangerous variants.
Fauci, whose team has closely tracked research from Israel, the United Kingdom and elsewhere, said in an exclusive interview with KHN on Wednesday that "there's very little doubt that the boosters will be beneficial." But, he emphasized, the official process, which includes reviews by scientists at the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, needs to take place first.
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I stand with Joe & Dr. Fauci on this.
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I'm so happy for you, Ellen! 
Looking forward to 3rd jab. 11 times better protection against infection! Yup!
Hoping to travel soon, heading into New England for a few days, and would like if booster were done by then, but doesn't look like that will be the case.
((WAS planning to see granddaughter for her 6th birthday to begin trip north, but daughter is too anxious so no gathering; heading north anyway. Getting old, not seeing grands. 
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Since that's what I got - as did Dr. Fauci, so I'm hoping he weighs in on this as well. 
But, Dr. Ding tweeted Moderna is twice as effective as Pfizer.
Makes sense because Moderna hass 100 units of vax & Pfizer has 30.
So the decision on Moderna booster supposedly coming soon.
But I don't mind, it'll actually save me a trip and an appointment since I read that Moderna is including the flu vaccine in their version of the third shot!
Maybe different for Pfizer, but I've read flu shot should be a minimum of 28 days from booster. 
I might not have been clear when I wrote that, it's been a long day...
I've read about Moderna booster with flu shot combo.
I just don't understand how that will be ok, yet other articles say you need 28 days between booster & flu shot.
I'll go with Dr. Fauci, since I know now that this affects him personally... 
I'd like to get a Moderna jab, but they say not to mix them.
I just happened to get the Moderna since that was the first appointment I could get - though I had to drive to a pharmacy about 20 miles away. However, where I went was not crowded, very nice place, and after shot #2, I was out in 20 minutes!