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Your link doesn’t work so I can’t find the story. Does he offer any evidence/research findings that extending the gap to 12 weeks reduces protection? Odd that he would say something as imprecise as
I wouldn't mind if the second dose of the vaccine is given three weeks, four weeks, maybe five weeks, even up to six weeks might still be okay
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Remember my issue with the spacing of the pfizer vaccine? Looks like https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-vaccine-doses-shouldnt-be-more-than-six-weeks-apart-scientist-behind-pfizer-biontech-jab-says-12215576 read the article. If you can't be arsed
Asked if that was wrong, he told Sky News: "As a scientist, I wouldn't mind if the second dose of the vaccine is given three weeks, four weeks, maybe five weeks, even up to six weeks might still be okay.
"But I wouldn't delay that further. As a scientist I believe that it is not good to go longer than six weeks."
Prof Sahin acknowledged governments have difficult decisions to make with limited supplies of the vaccine, but he added that there needs to be recognition of the limited protection provided by just one dose.
"The pros are very clear - by immunising more people we could get benefit to more people.
"But we need to be also aware that we will only get partial benefit to more people.
"So at the end of the day it is a risk-benefit assessment from governmental bodies whether the benefit by reaching more people is sacrificed by giving less protection to the vaccinated people."
As you can go back and check, my issue still is that going against the makers directions. If others know better, than the person who developed the vaccine, the developer wants to see the proof. Looks like his opinion is more valid than mine chatting in random cycling forum. But it feels good (?) that the developer of a vaccine feels the same me. That is a piss take comment.