CDC advisers vote to recommend booster shots of Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines

CDC advisers also vote to recommend booster shots of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Thursday to recommend booster doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines. By <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a> and <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha" target="_blank">Veronica Rocha</a>, CNN CNN

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Thursday to recommend booster doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines.

The vote came moments after they voted to recommend booster doses of the Moderna vaccine.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices accepted the US Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorizations for each vaccine – after considerable discussion about whether such broad authorization was needed for Moderna’s. Members broadly agreed that people who got Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine need a second vaccination, as that vaccine is less effective than Moderna’s and Pfizer’s in preventing infection.

What happens next: It will now be up to CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky to accept or modify the committee’s recommendation. The CDC will also issue detailed clinical guidance spelling out what people should consider in seeking out and getting booster shots. This will include whether people may mix and match vaccines. ...