Editor:
“FDA experts, others oppose plan for booster shots” (Reading Eagle, Sept. 14) reports that an international group (including two regulators from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) published an article essentially stating that the average person doesn’t need a COVID-19 booster.
This position seems to be in agreement with that stated previously by the World Health Organization, which urged a moratorium on boosters until poor countries are better vaccinated.
Numerous reports have found that the efficacy of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines decreases significantly after six months. One study by Harvard University found an 80% decrease in antibody levels in patients after six months.
Booster shots would benefit not only the recipients as well as others by decreasing spread of the virus. We should do the booster shots while we have the wherewithal and time.
The FDA and WHO don’t seem to appreciate that Americans can chew gum and walk at the same time. We can hold a telephone and simultaneously talk.
President Joe Biden generously announced in June that America will be donating, at cost to the American taxpayer, 500 million doses of vaccines to poor countries.
We are indeed capable of helping poor countries as well as our own.
Joseph Fleckenstein
Cumru Township
Source: Berkshire mont
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