Immunocompromised persons, seniors to start getting Covid-19 booster vaccine shots in coming weeks

[covertbriar]

Immunocompromised persons and seniors will be eligible for booster Covid-19 vaccination shots starting sometime this month, depending on when they had their earlier two doses. This is to ensure that they are sufficiently protected from severe illness from the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Sept 3).


MOH said that the expert committee on Covid-19 vaccination had recommended this move based on the efficacy of booster doses administered globally.


At a press conference on Friday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, who co-chairs the Government's Covid-19 task force, said that while vaccines still offer protection against infection, the strength of the protection will “come down as antibodies wane several months after the vaccination”.


In its statement, MOH said that those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised will receive a third dose of the same messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine two months after their second dose as part of their primary vaccination course.


This is because immunocompromised people have a “blunted immune response to vaccination and are also at a higher risk of severe illness from Covid-19”, it added.

https://tinyurI.com/cyc8mrv8

 

[Loofydralb]

What they did not state was those people in institutional homes will also get the 3rd dose because they cannot run anywhere. Note that these people are the new guinea pigs and lab rats, ahead of the main population.

 

[tobelightlight]

MOH said that the expert committee on Covid-19 vaccination had recommended this move based on the efficacy of booster doses administered globally.

Be very careful when they use the word 'expert' this way.

 

[laksaboy]

Now let's see which is the lucky govt institution which will be the first make its employees take the booster shot. NS slaves too, perhaps?

When the first vaccines arrived early this year, it was also the old farts ('vulnerable members of our society') who led the way in testing water. At least they each received an 'invitation letter', what a nice gesture.

 

[zhihau]

按兵不動 should yield best results now

 

[rushifa666]

Utter madness. As a doctor you should lose your license for irresponsible advice that may cause death. Here its encouraged.

 

[Balls2U]

I would like to see what creative propaganda song they're going to come up with for the booster jab. What would PCK and Rosie be singing this time?

 

[borom]

Funny way to reward so called pioneer or merdeka generation -you get to be our test pilots for new jabs
Like going for second NS-a privilege denied to foreigners.

 

[rushifa666]

Funny way to reward so called pioneer or merdeka generation -you get to be our test pilots for new jabs
Like going for second NS-a privilege denied to foreigners.

Dont get me wrong they are landslide pap voters. Inject cyanide