{"id":3425,"date":"2021-08-07T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:13:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:13:40","slug":"should-you-recommend-a-covid-booster-to-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2021\/08\/07\/should-you-recommend-a-covid-booster-to-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Recommend a COVID Booster to Patients?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3425\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;Certain at-risk groups need to consider extra protection now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the Current Booster Landscape?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Several studies offer preliminary evidence on the benefits of boosters, especially for certain populations. A\u00a0recent French study\u00a0in\u00a0<em>JAMA<\/em>\u00a0showed that about 50% of 159 kidney transplant patients with low or no measurable antibodies after two doses of an mRNA vaccine mounted a response with a third shot, and with no serious side effects or rejection episodes. A study in the\u00a0<em>Annals of Internal Medicine<\/em>\u00a0also\u00a0showed the benefits\u00a0of a third dose in solid organ transplant patients. Pfizer data (that has not yet been peer reviewed)\u00a0show antibody levels rise\u00a011-fold in patients ages 65 to 75 after a booster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around the world, some countries and localities have gotten an early start on boosting. Boosters are being offered to patients over 60 years old in Israel. France is\u00a0giving a booster dose\u00a0to the severely immunocompromised 4 weeks after the second dose, and Hungary, Turkey, Thailand, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates are\u00a0starting booster programs. The Mississippi Health Department is now\u00a0recommending physicians consider boosters\u00a0for the immunocompromised.&#8221;<br><br>Read more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/second-opinions\/93914?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2021-08-06&amp;eun=g1917319d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Top%20Cat%20HeC%20%202021-08-06&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"3425\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"2\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;Certain at-risk groups need to consider extra protection now.&#8221; What&#8217;s the Current Booster Landscape? &#8220;Several studies offer preliminary evidence on the benefits of boosters, especially for certain populations. 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