10 Aug UCHealth: Experts could soon approve COVID-19 boosters!
The following article is titled “Federal health experts soon could approve COVID-19 booster shots for immunocompromised people. No big surprise: “Most people who are sick with COVID-19 now have skipped vaccines. Others who are immunocompromised can get breakthrough cases and could benefit from an extra vaccine dose.” The in-depth story was written by Katie Kerwin McCrimmon from UCHealth Today.
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Dr. Thomas Campbell supports booster shots for immunocompromised people to prevent breakthrough cases of COVID-19. Photo courtesy of Dr. Thomas Campbell.
An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) met on July 22 and reviewed evidence showing that fully-vaccinated, immunocompromised people are less protected from the coronavirus and could benefit from COVID-19 booster shots. Decisions from federal health authorities about COVID-19 booster shots could come soon.
Dr. Thomas Campbell supports booster shots for immunocompromised patients. He has had a unique vantage point during the pandemic. He has overseen clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus. Through his research, Campbell got an early look at how safe and remarkably effective the vaccines have been. He also has cared for patients who have been critically ill with the coronavirus.
As the highly transmissible delta variant overwhelms communities in Colorado, the U.S. and around the world, the number of hospitalized patients is spiking again.
More than 97% of patients currently hospitalized for COVID-19 across the U.S. have not received vaccines, according to CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky…
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