University of B.C.-assisted research suggests waiting longer between first and second COVID-19 vaccination doses provides better immunity.

According to a press release, a peer-reviewed study with principal investigator Brian Grunau, UBC department of emergency medicine professor, found that 91裸聊视频渁 longer dose interval (of mRNA vaccines, such as Pfizer and Moderna) leads to a stronger immune response.91裸聊视频� The research, published Tuesday (Nov. 30), compared blood tests from 186 paramedics, some who received their shots in under the recommended four weeks and others who were vaccinated after six to seven weeks.

91裸聊视频淲e found significantly higher levels of antibodies in individuals who had longer vaccine intervals, and this was consistent regardless of which mRNA vaccine was administered,91裸聊视频� Grunau said in the press release.

With half of the people in the world vaccinated, the research has 91裸聊视频渋mplications for the ongoing global vaccination effort,91裸聊视频� stated the press release. Increasing time between doses could see better 91裸聊视频渓ong-term immune response91裸聊视频� and lead to better 91裸聊视频渃ommunity-level access91裸聊视频� to first vaccine shots, it said.

91裸聊视频淭his longer interval strategy enables early access to first doses in the population and ensuring the best protection possible with the two-dose series,91裸聊视频� said Grunau.

People who participated in the study are part of the larger COVID-19 Occupational Risks, Seroprevalence and Immunity among Paramedics project, said the press release, a Canada-wide study looking at the pandemic91裸聊视频檚 effect on paramedics.

Research was funded by money from the Government of Canada91裸聊视频檚 COVID-19 Immunity Task Force.

According to the latest COVID-19 numbers from the health ministry, there were 375 new cases reported in the province and 88.4 per cent of eligible adults in the province have received two vaccine shots.

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