Duke study: If you got J&J vaccine, switch to Moderna or Pfizer for booster – WRAL News
By Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter
If you received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, new research shows you are better off switching brands for your booster.
The Duke study comes one month after the CDC flat out recommended the two mRNA vaccines over the J&J shot.
Nearly a half million people in North Carolina have gotten vaccinated with the single-dose J&J shot.
But new research from Duke University shows J&J recipients who mix their vaccines – and get boosted with Pfizer or Moderna instead of a second J&J shot – have 10 times the level of antibodies against omicron.
"We expect the boost with the J&J vaccine is still going to be very effective. Probably not as effective as the boost with the mRNA va...