TCI: Pfizer suggests a third shot as CDC reports 5,800 still get COVID despite full vaccination

#TurksandCaicos, April 17, 2021 – TCI’s reduced count in Covid 19 comes as the world learns Pfizer believes it may take not two jabs to fend off the coronavirus’ deadly effects and unending evolution… but three shots over the course of a year. 

Pfizer’s CEO Albert Bourla said as much in an interview on CNBC. 

Bourla believes the emerging new variants may mean the need for another booster shot because the more one defends against the virus, the more it morphs so that you can catch it. 

The pharmaceutical giant reiterated that this vaccine will be annual and that information naturally compounds the pressure not only to obtain the vaccine but the pressure to make enough of it. 

Up to April 2, Pfizer had produced 600 million doses of its top rated response to the coronavirus; it is an impressive feat given a year ago the process of manufacturing this vaccine was non-existent but there are over 7.6 billion people on the planet.  Goals set out by individual countries mean that most of the 7.6 billion will have to be inoculated. 

While the so called ‘herd immunity’ varies based on the disease; it has been reported that 80 per cent immunity against the coronavirus is what countries want to achieve and while there is a natural pathway to herd immunity, countries fear the ravages of the virus is too rampant to wait for that.  

If scientists are right and the vaccines are the answer to beating Covid, it means these pharmaceutical companies will have to produce nearly 14 billion doses of Covid 19 vaccine each year. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that so far 814 million people have received their first dose; but that’s only 2.4 percent of the global population; it’s a long way off from the 80 percent mark. 

Ironically, these issues are coming more to the forefront just as the CDC announces 5,800 individuals still caught Covid-19 after having taken both doses of vaccine.  Seventy-four patients became seriously ill and died and seven per cent of those who though vaccinated still caught the virus, were hospitalised. 

The data demonstrates there is no guaranteed immunity from COVID. 

Vaccine takers are advised to continue to practice health protocols and it is no secret that not only can one still contract Covid-19 but one can still pass it on despite being vaccinated. 

Immunity happens, according to GAVI, (which is a global Vaccine Alliance), .only when there is no transfer of the disease from one person to another.