Virologist predicts how COVID-19 booster shots will work if approved by FDA

The talk for COVID-19 booster shots continues as a panel of experts said booster shots would be beneficial for those who have a weakened immune system.
"Eventually your level of immunity goes down," Dr. Ben Neuman, Virologist of Texas A&M University said, "Now the picture is better than we originally thought, but eventually, it is going to go down."
Clinical trials are taking place now for the booster shots. Neuman said it will be just that, another COVID-19 shot giving a boost for any lost immunity.
Neuman said this will likely be one extra COVID-19 shot, no matter which vaccine you originally received.
He predicts it will not matter which brand you go for.
"There wouldn't be any good reason why it would need to be the same because all the vaccines are still using the same version of the spike," Neuman said, "They're just showing it to you in different ways, watching a movie on you TV versus the movie theater. It's still the same."
When you'll need a booster shot and how much of a boost it will give you, Neuman said depends on the level of your body's immunity.
"There's quite a range in the amount of immunity people make," Neuman said, "You're showing everyone's immune system the same thing, but it's just like when you're trying to teach a class, you can present the same material to everybody, but it doesn't sink in the same every time."
Although Neuman said boosters are a great idea, he tells me the only thing ending this virus getting more people vaccinated since the virus spreads and mutates a lot faster than we can tweak the vaccine to keep up with it.
Dr. Neuman suspects boosters could provide a 25% efficacy boost and people would get them anywhere from six months to two years after they wre first vaccinated.
Booster shots at this point are not FDA approved.
