‘We’re all a bit stressed.’ Ontarians who took AstraZeneca frustrated at 12-week rule for second doses

June 11, 2021 22:44 UTC

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‘We’re all a bit stressed.’ Ontarians who took AstraZeneca frustrated at 12-week rule for second doses

Alexis Gosselin is one of hundreds of thousands of Ontarians who rolled up their sleeves for the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in April. Six weeks later, she’s unable to get a second dose, as younger groups who received the Pfizer or Moderna speed ahead. “We know from the literature that the best protection from the second dose of the AstraZeneca occurs at about 12 weeks,” Yaffe said. Unlike “healthier family members” she must wait 12 weeks for a second dose of an mRNA vaccine. “I have 500 patients who I promised a second dose.

Source: thestar June 11, 2021 22:44 UTC

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