A group of scientists published an article in The Lancet stating that there is no need for revaccination now. Moreover, it can be unsafe.

A group of scientists from the USA, Great Britain, France, Switzerland and other countries released a review in the medical journal The Lancet that says there is currently no need for widespread use of third doses of the coronavirus vaccine.

The publication’s authors include Marion Gruber, former FDA director of research and vaccine review, and her former deputy, Phil Krause. Both officials resigned after the regulator backed booster injections.

Scientists said that the effectiveness against serious diseases remains high after the vaccine, and the distribution of boosters is associated with certain risks, including the possibility of side effects such as inflammation of the heart, which most often occurs after the second dose of mRNA vaccine (this technology is used for vaccines Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech).

Health experts have repeatedly pointed out that mass revaccinations are still premature. However, they confirmed that the use of boosters may be needed later. For example, if a new variant of the virus appears that can bypass the protection provided by the vaccine.

The article notes that even with high rates of vaccination among the population, people who have not been vaccinated remain the main distributors of infection.

How notes CNBC, the article was published a week before the widespread use of the booster dose in the United States, which was previously announced by the Joe Biden administration.

In early August, the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Ghebreyesus, called for a temporary moratorium on the introduction of the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine in order to send more vaccines to those countries whose citizens have not received a single dose.

“WHO is calling for a moratorium on revaccination at least until the end of September to enable at least 10% of the population of each country to be vaccinated,” Ghebreyesus said.

The head of WHO believes that it would be advisable to introduce a moratorium in rich countries, in which most of the population has already been able to receive both doses of the vaccine. He urged G-20 countries to commit to meeting the global targets for COVID-19 vaccination.

Earlier in Israel, France, Germany and many countries in the Middle East, they have already announced that they will begin to administer the third dose of the vaccine to fully vaccinated residents.

In Russia, re-vaccination began at the end of June.