Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines?

CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ARE GOING TO FIND THAT OUT. IN A YEAR WITH UNUSUAL SOLUTIONS RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING AT NEW MIXTURES ON THE VACCINE FRONT. WHAT IF FOR EMPLEXA JOHNSON AND JOHNSON WAS MIXED WITH A BOOSTER OF MODERNA, WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO DO THIS AND SO THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE DATAO T BE ABLE TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY AS FAR ASOU Y KNOW MAY NOT BE TH E GREATEST IDEA TO DO THAT OR IT LOOKS FINE. IT DOESN’T CAUSENY A PROBLEMS TO DR. ROBERT FRANK IS WITH CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. HE LED THE FISER STUDIES AND IS CONTINUING RESEARCH ON VACCINES FOR CHILDREN RESEARCHERS HERE OR NOW LOOKING AT IF MIXING. DIFFERENT EMERGENCY APPROVED VACCINES WILL WORK. DOES THAT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE SIDE EFFECT? DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE OF HOW THEIR IMMUNE RESPONSE GOES UP COMPARED TO PEOPLE THAT STAYED WHIT THIS SAME VACCINE ETH WHOLE WAY RIGHT NOW. THE RESEARCH IS LOOKING AT MODERNASA A BOOSTEROR F THE ONE SHOT JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE BUT RESEARCHERS WILL SNOO BE LOOKING AT OTHER COMBINATIONS TOO. AND THAT’S NOT THE ONLY BOOSTER RESEARCH ON THE RADAR. WE DO HAVE AN UPCOMING J&J. BOOSTER STUDY TIM SCHROEDERS I FOUNDER OF CTI. THE WORLDWIDE COMPANY BASED IN CINCINNATI A NNDORTHERN KENTUCKY. DID THEOH JNSON AND JOHNSON RESEARCH AND IS NOW LOONGKI AT A J&J BOOSRTE THE RESEARCH CONTINUES BEHIND THE SCENES, EVEN THOUGH THE GENERAL PUBLIC RIGHTFULLY. SO IS FOCUSING ON YOU KNOW, GETTING ACCESS TO THE CURRENT VACCINES. AS RESEARCHERS CONTINUE TO WRITE THE BOOKN OCOVID-19 COCKTAILS. AND NOW AS RESEARCHERS ARE DOING ALL THIS THERE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY IF WE EVEN NEED A BOOSTERT A ALL IN THE LASTTE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE VACCINES HAVE BEEN JUST ABOUT AS EFFECTIVE AT SIX MONTHS AS THEY WERE TWO MONTHS.

Related video above: New Cincinnati research looks into mixing different COVID-19 vaccinesCan you mix and match two-dose COVID-19 vaccines?It's likely safe and effective, but researchers are still gathering data to be sure.The authorized COVID-19 shots around the world are all designed to stimulate your immune system to produce virus-fighting antibodies, though the way they do so varies, noted Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of the World Health Organization’s vaccine unit.“Based on the basic principles of how vaccines work, we do think that the mix-and-match regimens are going to work,” she said. Scientists at Oxford University in the United Kingdom are testing combinations of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer-BioNTech. Smaller trials are also ongoing in Spain and Germany."We really just need to get the evidence in each of these (vaccine) combinations," O’Brien said.So far, limited data suggests an AstraZeneca shot followed by the Pfizer shot is safe and effective. The combination also appears to come with a slightly higher likelihood of temporary side effects like aches and chills.That might be because mixing and matching different types of vaccines can often produce a stronger immune response, said Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.In some places, health officials already suggest mixing in select circumstances.After the AstraZeneca vaccine was linked to extremely rare blood clots, several European countries including Germany and France recommended people who got it as a first dose get a Pfizer or Moderna shot as a second dose instead. On Thursday, Canada made the same recommendation.Some places like Britain say people should aim to get the same vaccine for their second dose if possible. If they got AstraZeneca as their first shot, they're advised to get another vaccine only if they have a history of blood clots or other conditions that might put them at higher risk of clots.

Related video above: New Cincinnati research looks into mixing different COVID-19 vaccines

Can you mix and match two-dose COVID-19 vaccines?

It's likely safe and effective, but researchers are still gathering data to be sure.

The authorized COVID-19 shots around the world are all designed to stimulate your immune system to produce virus-fighting antibodies, though the way they do so varies, noted Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of the World Health Organization’s vaccine unit.

“Based on the basic principles of how vaccines work, we do think that the mix-and-match regimens are going to work,” she said.

Scientists at Oxford University in the United Kingdom are testing combinations of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer-BioNTech. Smaller trials are also ongoing in Spain and Germany.

"We really just need to get the evidence in each of these (vaccine) combinations," O’Brien said.

So far, limited data suggests an AstraZeneca shot followed by the Pfizer shot is safe and effective. The combination also appears to come with a slightly higher likelihood of temporary side effects like aches and chills.

That might be because mixing and matching different types of vaccines can often produce a stronger immune response, said Lawrence Young, a virologist at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.

In some places, health officials already suggest mixing in select circumstances.

After the AstraZeneca vaccine was linked to extremely rare blood clots, several European countries including Germany and France recommended people who got it as a first dose get a Pfizer or Moderna shot as a second dose instead. On Thursday, Canada made the same recommendation.

Some places like Britain say people should aim to get the same vaccine for their second dose if possible. If they got AstraZeneca as their first shot, they're advised to get another vaccine only if they have a history of blood clots or other conditions that might put them at higher risk of clots.

Can you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines?

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