{"id":32145,"date":"2021-02-26T16:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T00:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32145"},"modified":"2021-02-26T16:46:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T00:46:45","slug":"one-dose-of-pfizer-vaccine-offers-significant-protection-for-those-who-have-had-covid-19-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32145","title":{"rendered":"One dose of Pfizer vaccine offers significant protection for those who have had COVID-19: studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two new British studies published late Thursday found that a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine may offer significant protection for people who have already been infected with COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The studies, published in the weekly peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet, provide further evidence for increased calls among experts to give only one dose to individuals that are already carrying antibodies against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could potentially accelerate vaccine rollout,\u201d researchers at University College London and Public Health England said in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/cdlqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjztttlclj_bggpggflfypqpjfbpzgg.html?a=&amp;b=37215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/cdlqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjztttlclj_bggpggflfypqpjfbpzgg.html?a%3D%26b%3D37215&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614468899169000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFwLEZ7S8VScj0B6ZPwIEAErSbmsA\">one of the studies<\/a>. \u201cWith increasing variants (UK, South Africa, Brazil), wider coverage without compromising vaccine-induced immunity could help reduce variant emergence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University College and Public Health England researchers analyzed data among 51 health workers in London who have agreed to routine antibody and infection tests since March.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that among roughly half of the workers who had been infected, a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine increased their antibody levels \u201cmore than 140-fold from peak pre-vaccine levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming next:\u00a0<\/strong>A CDC advisory committee will discuss the single dose possibility on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new British studies published late&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-science-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32146,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32145\/revisions\/32146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}