Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/E8apkDZdsmY   A 3rd shot of CoVid vaccine following the 1 or 2 dose primary vaccination provides 50% more protection against an Omicron infection.  Cornell University investigators followed 15,102 vaccinated students from December 5th to 31st, 2021.  Of that number, 1,706 had also received a CoVid booster prior to the beginning of the study.  The vaccines used included the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaxes and the Johnson & Johnson viral vector vax.   The incidence rate of breakthrough cases began to rise quickly around day 3 of the study and leveled off around day 10.  As the month of December wore on, the incidence rate of new CoVid infections was 1.4 per 100 person-days for the unboosted students.  This figure was double the 0.7 per 100 person-day figure for those who received the booster.   This study proves the protective effect in young adults of a CoVid booster for any of the FDA approved CoVid vaccines.  If you haven’t yet had a booster, get it now.   https://www.medrxiv.