The head of the Yekaterinburg Research Institute of Viral Infections at the Vector Center, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Alexander Semyonov, warned about the inadmissibility of increasing the interval between the first and second doses of the coronavirus vaccine. TASS reports.
According to the scientist, if up to one and a half months pass between vaccinations, they become meaningless, a third or even fourth vaccination may be required.
“To be vaccinated with a vaccine, any, with an extended interval of a month or a month and a half, especially if of their own free will, and not because of medical contraindications, this is not a reason to worry that the immune system will be hit, but rather it a reason to worry about the fact that you will simply be vaccinated in vain, “Semyonov emphasized.
He concluded that the interval of two to three weeks was not chosen by chance, since it is during this interval that the immune system comes into a state of high alert. The second component of the vaccine allows him to “remember the enemy” with which to fight. If you increase the term, the immune system “forgets” the pathogen.
Earlier, Skoltech professor Georgy Bazykin said that the decrease in mortality from COVID-19 will occur not due to the evolution of the virus, but due to the development of partial immunity in people to the coronavirus. He noted that a vaccine against any variant of the SARS-Cov2 virus will protect a person, at least from a severe course of the disease with future variants.
