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Australian Medical Experts Say Three Booster Jabs Should Be Administered A Year

by Luke Perry
30 December 2021 10:56 AM

Analysing data on the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna booster jabs provided by the U.K Health Security Agency (UKHSA), some Australian medical experts have said that three annual booster jabs will be needed for the foreseeable future. For example, Jaya Dantas, a Professor of International Health, declared that “it appears that there might be a need for regular boosters”. The Guardian has the story.

Australians may have to receive two or even three Covid jabs each year to maintain defences against the virus if early results on the efficacy of booster shots turn out to be a useful guide.

Weekly data published just before Christmas by the U.K.’s Health Security Agency shows the effectiveness of both the Pfizer and Moderna boosters against symptomatic diseases is lower for the Omicron than the Delta variant across all periods after the injection.

The analysis included 147,597 Delta and 68,489 Omicron cases in the U.K. The agency stressed the “results should be interpreted with caution due to the low counts and the possible biases related to the populations with highest exposure to Omicron (including travellers and their close contacts) which cannot fully be accounted for”.

The U.K. data showed both Pfizer and Moderna boosters had 90% effectiveness against symptomatic diseases from the Delta variant up to at least nine weeks.

By contrast, efficacy against the Omicron strain was about 30% lower, and appeared to drop away further after nine weeks.

Israel has already begun administering a second booster dose to follow the original three-dose treatment, and at least one U.S. medical centre is considering recommending staff have a second booster.

Medical experts in Australia said results beyond the 12-week dataset would be needed to get a longer term picture.

Jaya Dantas, a Professor of International Health at Curtin University, said it was still early days for the understanding of the efficacy of the vaccinations but “it appears that there might be a need for regular boosters”.

“You might need boosters, say maybe two a year or three a year,” Dantas said, with elderly people more likely to be in line for a triple annual dose…

Michael Lydeamore, an infectious disease modeller at Monash University, said it was reassuring from the U.K. study that “no matter what your initial first two vaccine doses were – so either AstraZeneca, Pfizer or Moderna – you get basically the same protection” from the Pfizer or Moderna booster.

“That’s really important, because we know the AstraZeneca protection is a bit lower to start with than Pfizer,” Lydeamore said “But both go up to about the same level after a booster, so that’s really good.”

Worth reading in full.

Tags: AustraliaBooster vaccineUKHSA

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chris-ds
chris-ds
3 years ago

👍🏾

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bfbf334
bfbf334
3 years ago

Well imagine my surprise

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Gregoryno6
Gregoryno6
3 years ago

Breaking News: Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has been rushed to hospital, after suffering what is reported to have been a massive heart attack combined with ‘profound’ bowel movements.
A member of his office staff would neither confirm nor deny that the Premier had accidentally visited The Daily Sceptic website while having lunch at his desk.

Last edited 3 years ago by Gregoryno6
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Annie
Annie
3 years ago
Reply to  Gregoryno6

Getting rid of a load of s..t?

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Gregoryno6
Gregoryno6
3 years ago
Reply to  Annie

He can afford to, he’s full of it!

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Nessimmersion
Nessimmersion
3 years ago
Reply to  Gregoryno6

Anyone enquired as to Vaxx status?

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Lockdown Sceptic
Lockdown Sceptic
3 years ago

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stewart
stewart
3 years ago

I would applaud except for the scumminess of these self appointed rulers of our lives.

Do they want as many people as possible to catch covid or is it that seeing how infections (by their positive test definition) are out of control they are saying that to make it look as if they are controlling what is happening?

I will only properly celebrate the day all these “policy makers” are rounded up and held responsible for their hubris, their arrogance and all the damage they have done.

Scum.

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rtj1211
rtj1211
3 years ago
Reply to  stewart

He wants the young and healthy infected because almost none of them will get ill. And if he has stocks of ivermectin in Iceland, he can treat the few that get sick perfectly happily.

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Emerald Fox
Emerald Fox
3 years ago
Reply to  stewart

Two years have gone by to round them up. Are we really still waiting for ‘the lawyers’ to turn up and drag the likes of Michie and Ferguson off to the Nuremberg trials 2?

Are Ukrainian refugees now queuing up at the test centres in the hope of getting a ‘negative test result’ for Covid’ so they can enter the EU? Only a day or two for the results to come through… or do they have to be ‘fully vaxxed’ to enter Slovakia?
Perhaps the next ‘wave’ of ‘Covid’ will be blamed on Ukrainians bringing in yet another exotic (and totally made up) ‘variant’.
We’ll have to bring Sir Chris Whitty out of retirement for his ‘expert advice’.

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PatrickF
PatrickF
3 years ago

Blimey! No wonder mum’s gone to Iceland.

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Liberty
Liberty
3 years ago
Reply to  PatrickF

🤣 🤣 🤣

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Annie
Annie
3 years ago

Sanity.

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rtj1211
rtj1211
3 years ago

Iceland solved the 2008 financial crisis by kicking out the bankers.

It’s now solving the Covid ‘pandemic’ by kicking out the vaccine peddlers.

Amazing how a tiny country can teach its ‘superiors’ the basics of good statecraft, eh?

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stewart
stewart
3 years ago
Reply to  rtj1211

Is it though?

Despite the decision made this week, the Icelandic Prime Minister said the possibility of new restrictions later on could not be ruled out, for example in the case of a new variant emerging. 

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Banjones
Banjones
3 years ago
Reply to  stewart

Or in the case of a better offer.

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Annie
Annie
3 years ago
Reply to  rtj1211

So long as it’s not Poltroon Wales.

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Emmelda Johnson
Emmelda Johnson
3 years ago

Call me irresponsible but I’ve done my best to carry on as normal including flying. Damm me I can’t catch the thing. I’m putting it down to my working class scum genes. To have evolved this far I guess I’m immune or have had it and didn’t know cuz I took no tests.

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Liberty
Liberty
3 years ago
Reply to  Emmelda Johnson

Same here!

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Annie
Annie
3 years ago
Reply to  Emmelda Johnson

I think my sturdy Yorkshire blood saved me. Eh by gum.

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crisisgarden
crisisgarden
3 years ago
Reply to  Annie

Lowest vaccine uptake in the UK! 💪 By ‘eck!

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Mike Oxlong
Mike Oxlong
3 years ago
Reply to  Annie

There’s a craze in Yorkshire at the moment – rubbing ectasy across the teeth. It’s called E by gum.

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crisisgarden
crisisgarden
3 years ago
Reply to  Emmelda Johnson

My wife’s the same; try as she might she can’t seem to get it even though I’ve had it and god knows how many times the kids have (we won’t test them so we’re not sure) it would appear you have pre-existing immunity. If you’re really, really keen on getting it, you could take the vaccine 🤭

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A passerby
A passerby
3 years ago

Finally the penny drops

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Banjones
Banjones
3 years ago
Reply to  A passerby

Until there’s a better offer on the table.

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riskit
riskit
3 years ago

Consistent with the commentary from Bill Gates – ‘Sadly, the Omicron variant is a type of vaccine’ .

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riskit
riskit
3 years ago
Reply to  riskit

But why did he say ‘Sadly’

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Dodgy Geezer
Dodgy Geezer
3 years ago
Reply to  riskit

Because he can’t charge for it?

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Gregoryno6
Gregoryno6
3 years ago
Reply to  Dodgy Geezer

No question mark needed there.

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Paul B
Paul B
3 years ago

Holy moly that’s some white flag waving, long may it continue, forced common sense!

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Emerald Fox
Emerald Fox
3 years ago

Will the UK be lifting travel restrictions?
I see the need to ‘quarantine’ has changed to ‘should follow public health advice’.
Still not good enough – you are still forced to hand over your money to Javid’s shifty mates flogging ‘tests’.

If you are not fully vaccinatedThis is what you need to do if you do not qualify under the fully vaccinated rules for travel to England.

Before you travel to England – not fully vaccinatedBefore you travel to England you must:

  • take a COVID-19 test – to be taken in the 2 days before you travel to England
  • book and pay for a COVID-19 PCR test – to be taken after you arrive in England
  • complete a UK passenger locator form – to be completed in the 48 hours before you arrive in England

You will need to enter your PCR test booking reference number in the passenger locator form.
When you arrive in England – not fully vaccinatedYou do not need to quarantine when you arrive in England.
You must take the COVID-19 PCR test that you booked before you travelled.
You can take the test any time after you arrive and before the end of day 2 at the latest. The day you arrive in England is day 0.
If the test result is positive or unclear, you should follow public health advice.

This guidance came into effect on 24 February 2022 and will be updated on 1 April 2022.

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riskit
riskit
3 years ago
Reply to  Emerald Fox

determined to make dosh one way or another AND talk double-speak ‘the danger has passed, but just in case it hasn’t …’

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Rogerborg
Rogerborg
3 years ago
Reply to  Emerald Fox

With “fully vaccinated” being a constantly moving target.

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TheGreenGoblin
TheGreenGoblin
3 years ago
Reply to  Emerald Fox

How about just not doing it? Surely no-one’s checking at this stage.

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Banjones
Banjones
3 years ago
Reply to  Emerald Fox

Will be updated on 1 April – well after the CoronaCircusAct has been renewed, then?

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JaneDoeNL
JaneDoeNL
3 years ago

Herd immunity? But isn’t that just a myth? After all, they have been telling us for 2 years that it doesn’t really exist, just some unsubstantiated theory by some half-baked scientists.

Every political leader, scientist or doctor who even mentioned the words ‘herd immunity’ was vilified and referred to as wishing to commit mass murder by ‘letting people die’. But now, like a deus ex machine, it’s a real thing after all? Ain’t ‘The Science’ grand.

Oddly, NL is also lifting most of its restrictions on Friday 25 February..

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GlassHalfFull
GlassHalfFull
3 years ago
Reply to  JaneDoeNL

I’ve been arguing with vaccine zealots for the past 20 years and they only believe in “vaccine” induced herd immunity and not “natural” herd immunity.

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JaneDoeNL
JaneDoeNL
3 years ago
Reply to  GlassHalfFull

I really, really don’t get that. I can understand someone believing vaccines help in priming your immune system without actually undergoing the illness itself.

But the bottom line is the same – your immune system is exposed to an alien invader, it mounts a response to eliminate the invader. A person’s own immune response does all the work, one way or the other. If herd immunity is achieved, it’s because enough people’s own bodies have built up immunity, however it was achieved.

I think a lot of people think that vaccines themselves provide protection, like a bullit proof vest does against bullits.

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GlassHalfFull
GlassHalfFull
3 years ago
Reply to  JaneDoeNL

The vaccine zealots argument was that anyone who doesn’t have a vaccine is causing potential harm to others.

My argument was that I would rather risk a dose of an illness and gain natural immunity than risk the harmful effects of vaccines.

They only wanted herd immunity from vaccines and not give people the individual right of natural immunity.

Every disease was waning due to better sanitation than the introduction of vaccines.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/false-narratives/deaths-from-childhood-diseases-were-declining-before-vaccines/

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Mezzo18
Mezzo18
3 years ago
Reply to  GlassHalfFull

If the vaccine does anything, it mimics one infection and triggers an immune response. That is then remembered next time the person comes into contact with the virus. Whether it actually does that, and for how long, now seems doubtful, but there was never any assertion that it would do more. It was just intended to be a way of arriving at herd immunity faster. The end result would be the same.

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GlassHalfFull
GlassHalfFull
3 years ago
Reply to  Mezzo18

The Covid jab is NOT a vaccine.

It produces antibodies against the spike protein of the Wuhan variant only and no other parts of the virus or variants.

The antibodies wane within months.

It makes infection more likely.

It doesn’t give any form of immunity.

It causes no end of health problems and should be stopped immediately.

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186NO
186NO
3 years ago
Reply to  GlassHalfFull

That is my understanding; cod science maybe…
vaccine >Spike protein ( approximation of Alpha strain spike protein not precise replica) >”less severe ” – therefore extremely narrow effect; does NOTHING for other variants because spike protein sufficiently genetically different variant, except induce ADE potentially; immune effect zero beyond a brief initial reaction.
Virus>full spectrum antigenic “hit”> natural immune response to whole antigen spectrum including memory T cells, leucocytes and lymphocytes> significantly wider and longer lived.

And this ignores any prior immunity from previous exposure to Coronaviruses…

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GlassHalfFull
GlassHalfFull
3 years ago
Reply to  186NO

That’s about it but the “extremely narrow effect” is not a beneficial one.

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186NO
186NO
3 years ago
Reply to  GlassHalfFull

Granted – I was not intending to praise ” the jab” but bury it..

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago
Reply to  GlassHalfFull

How do these zealots think normal vaccines work?

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago
Reply to  JaneDoeNL

They’ll next tell us that they’ve discovered Ivermectin etc. can treat covid! Where have they been for the last 2 years??

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Banjones
Banjones
3 years ago
Reply to  JaneDoeNL

”Most of” just isn’t good enough. They’re servants, not masters. When will people stop kowtowing?

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steve_z
steve_z
3 years ago

after 2 years, finally going back to their pre-pandemic response.

the Director of the hospital will need a new mattress – but that’s about it

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paul parmenter
paul parmenter
3 years ago

Well, knock me down with a unicorn’s nose feather.

Anything more I could say would be superfluous.

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Rogerborg
Rogerborg
3 years ago

Will Iceland now be uncountried for peddling harmful disinformation and anti-science?

Really, how long do you reckon a Twatter or Failbook account would last if you simply cited what they have just said?

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crevice
crevice
3 years ago
Reply to  Rogerborg

Totally agree, ridiculous

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Emerald Fox
Emerald Fox
3 years ago

Entry to Iceland. Yes, sounds very ‘free’.

Third-country citizens are still not authorized to travel to Iceland unless exemptions apply. Note: As of January 1, 2021, UK nationals have the status of third-country nationals.

Rules at the border are in force until February 28th 2022.

All travellers must pre-register before arriving in Iceland and confirm their departure day, if available.

Rules for travellers without a network in Iceland: Present a negative PCR test certificate against COVID-19. Rapid antigen tests are not valid. The test must have been taken within 72 hours before departure on the first leg of the journey. A fine for not presenting a negative PCR-test is at the border is 100.000 ISK.

Travellers must undergo testing upon arrival to Iceland.

Quarantine and second testing: Everybody must quarantine for five days and go for another PCR test at the end of quarantine. Please note that a new day begins at midnight. People may quarantine at home provided that their accommodation meets certain conditions. 

https://www.covid.is/sub-categories/risk-areas

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swedenborg
swedenborg
3 years ago
Reply to  Emerald Fox

But all restrictionss are gone.The above quoted does not exist today

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FrankFisher
FrankFisher
3 years ago

The Health Ministry also said the way to end the pandemic is herd immunity through infections, and it wants “as many people as possible” to be infected to achieve “widespread societal resistance”. Vaccines will not provide the necessary immunity.

no shit

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Bolloxed Britannia
Bolloxed Britannia
3 years ago

Another reverse ferret by a formally wholly compliant NWO technocracy client FAKE democratic administration! In other news, Trudeau gets an arse kicking from his globocap handlers for letting the cat out of the bag by seizing trucker’s assets! Result…he wind’s his neck in and cancels his Neo-Nazi totalitarian legislation…

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GlassHalfFull
GlassHalfFull
3 years ago

We were in Iceland in January 2020 and noticed that most of the Chinese tourists, thousands of them, were wearing masks.

Icelands main industry is tourism and ending the unnecessary restrictions is a decision they should have made 2 years ago.

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bowlsman
bowlsman
3 years ago

What a pity our lot of so and so’s can’t admit the same. I, and many others, have been saying so since day 1.
2 lost years and a financially ruined and fundamentally changed country for what. For what!!

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barrywinn
barrywinn
3 years ago

At last, a country showing common sense.

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SimCS
SimCS
3 years ago

“Restrictions do not have any effect at this point in time,”. Er, restrictions have never had any effect. The virus is airborne, carried by aerosols, so the only effective measure would be a pure vacuum.

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186NO
186NO
3 years ago
Reply to  SimCS

Having a population living in a pure vacuum is a Eugenicist’s Nirvana…?

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VAX FREE IanC
VAX FREE IanC
3 years ago

Did you ever get that feeling that you wanted to scream from the rooftops…We F’ing told you so two F’ing years ago you PLONKERS!

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