A week after the second dose, though, effectiveness against infection was up to 92%. Since the immune response is often stronger after the second dose, that might seem like an attractive proposition. But, again: we don’t know if a single dose of a two-dose vaccine actually works, and so expert advice remains firm: get both doses. “I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to get the second dose,” an infectious disease specialist told Yahoo! So if you got the first dose of a two-dose vaccine, experts agree that you should get the second.

Source: The Nation March 30, 2021 17:37 UTC