Pfizer Says 3rd Booster Shot "Strongly" Boosts Protection Against Delta Variant

Los Angeles, CA – April 15: Liesl Eibschutz, a medical student from Dartmouth University, loads a syringe with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine before giving it to people on the first day that people ages 16 and up can receive the vaccine at Kedren Health on Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Award-winning television producer, Marti Noxon, whos a big fan of Kedren Vaccines, sent an In-N-Out truck to feed 200+ volunteers who help make this vaccine program such a huge success and she did so on the day that vaccines are being made available to all people 16+ in Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Pfizer says a third vaccine shot would “strongly” boost protection against the highly contagious Delta variant.

The company cited new data that suggests a third shot could improve immune response by up to five times more in people ages 18-55, and eleven times more in people over 65.

Pfizer is currently seeking FDA approval for a third booster shot, which would potentially be administered 12 months after the second dose.

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