WHO warns against mixing and matching COVID vaccines

[womanofthehills]

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-warns-against-mixing-matching-covid-vaccines-2021-07-12/.

GENEVA, July 12 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's chief scientist on Monday advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a "dangerous trend" since there was little data available about the health impact.

"It's a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as mix and match," Soumya Swaminathan told an online briefing.

"It will be a chaotic situation in countries if citizens start deciding when and who will be taking a second, a third and a fourth dose."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. I've read elsewhere that mixing and matching actual gives better

immunity than two shots of the same. Which is it?

[underpants]

2. I'm curious about supplementing my J&J

I’ll contact my doc and she what she says.

[GPV]

3. Mine said watch the cdc page for updates.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. I got the J&J also, and I'm highly confident in it.

For some reason, any research about how long immunity will last or just how good it is almost never mentions the J&J vaccine. Highly annoying.

[Disaffected]

5. It's as good or maybe better,

at least in Canada. IIRC the Astra & J&J are no longer available here and folks are encouraged to get Pfizer or Moderna for the 2nd shot.