translated from Spanish: They put 3rd dose of Covid-19 vaccine in the US for variants

United States.- Dozens of Americans are taking a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, this time, injections adjusted to protect against a worrying mutated version of the virus. Make no mistake: vaccines that are currently being implemented in the United States.They offer strong protection. But new studies of experimental updates to the Modern and Pfizer vaccines mark a critical first step towards an alternative if the virus eventually outperforms current vaccines.
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We need to get ahead of the virus,” said Dr. Nadine Rouphael of Emory University, who is helping lead a study of Moderna’s modified candidate. We know what it is when we’re late.

It’s unclear whether the protection will decrease enough to require an update or when, but “realistically, we want to turn COVID into a cold,” he added.

Covid-19 vaccines before being inoculated. afp

Read more: Lightning hits a tree in a high school in broad daylight VIDEOThe viruses are constantly evolving and the world is in a race to vaccinate millions and crush the coronavirus before even more mutants emerge. More than 119 million Americans have received at least one dose of vaccine and 22% of the population is fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Much of the rest of the world is well behind that rate. An easier-to-propagate version found in Britain just a few months ago has become the most common variant now circulating in the United States, one that fortunately can be prevented with vaccines.

Many citizens are considering putting on a second or third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. afp

Read more: Could you take the job? Family in the U.S. The U.S. is looking for nannies and would pay them $100,000 globally, there are concerns that first-generation vaccines may offer less protection against a different variant that first emerged in South Africa.All major vaccine manufacturers are modifying their prescriptions in case an update against the so-called B.1.351 virus is needed. Experimental doses of Moderna and Pfizer are now being tested.The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, is not only testing Modern’s experimental variant vaccine as a third-injection immune booster.

Jalisco Ministry of Health announces vaccination against Covid-19 in Tlaquepaque, El Salto and Tlajomulco.

Researchers at Emory and three other medical centers are also enrolling volunteers who have not yet received any COVID-19 vaccines.

Original source in Spanish