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Six months, go ahead and get moderna. if you've had pfizer and it's been six month, get pfizer. there's not much benefit for interchanging pfizer or moderna so stick with that vaccine. now here's what i consider the biggest deal. if you're a j&j vaccine recipient, ana, i think the booster shot should be an mrna, and the reason for that resimple. we see a much higher protection in terms of antibody levels and for women younger than age 50 there is a small but fatal risk of that blood clot, so for j&j vaccine recipients, talk to your dock tomorrow i would highly recommend one of the two mrna vac...
Dose and also those above 18 to 64 who have a high-risk condition and people who are younger or have an occupational exposure. that's what moderna and pfizer, mrna vaccines. for everybody, who will received the j&j vaccine two months in the past. the j&j is a broader recommendation than moderna and pfizer, it's very confusing and hard for the general public to sift through all of that, but that's where it stands. >> and for people who got the one dose j&j, do you think it's better for them to get an mrna booster now that available to everybody, rather than a second j&j? >> i do think this is a...
Booster. and it's something if the j&j should think about getting, who got the j&j vaccine, to get boosted with an mrna. it's a way to mix the vaccines. >> just another mix and match question, if you got pfizer should you get the moderna, or vice versa? if you got moderna, get pfizer, completely mix it up or doesn't matter? >> moderna and pfizer both use the same technology. so i don't think there's great advantage to mixing pfizer and moderna. suppose you go to a drugstore and they don't have the one you have, it's okay to have that added version of that. these are all the same technologies, ...
Americans are now eligible for booster shots after the cdc gave the green light thursday night to moderna and j&j boosters. and backed the mixing and matching of the vaccines on the "today" show earlier, cdc director have rochelle walensky backed that mixing and matching. >> the vast majority of people will probably select the original one and did well with. but if you go into a pharmacy, and they don't have the one you that originally got it's okay to get the vaccine. >> joining me now a senior scholar at the johns hopkins school and boomer agency of school of health. can you explain -- it's ...