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While more people across the United States and around the world receive the Covid vaccine for the first time, many look like hope that the coming months will finally see the global pandemic brought to the end. But therise in virus variants which can make the currentSmarter vaccines Forced experts to question the frequency we will need to be immunized against the new coronavirus in the future, including executives to the companies that have developed them. And according to the CEO of ModernaStéphane Bantel, we are probably goingNeed to get a Covid vaccine booster every year-But it can be part of another annual medical ritual, he recently saidStrong. Read it to see how it thinks the future will look for vaccinations and for more information on what you should avoid after having your shots, discoverDo not do this before a month after your Covid vaccine, experts warn.

As the leader of one of the first companies to successfully develop a very effective Cvid-19 vaccine, Bantel discussed therise of new virus variants And how the medical community will manage the virus in the future. He admitted thatAnnual or semi-annual shot would probably be used to keep it at the bay, not contrary to current practices for other diseases.

"You could find yourself with a thing like the flu where every year, every two years, you need a boost," said BantelStrong. He also said that Moderna had already submitted a new version of the South African variant vaccine B.1.351 to national health institutes for testing and another version that can be stored at the standard refrigerator temperature has already started from clinical tests.

But the executive has also recently known that the annual vaccination process could be a little different thanks to the newly developed products. During an appearanceTHE WALL STREET JOURNAL HEALTH FORUM March 23, Bond said that Moderna was currently working onA single annual shot that would not only target influenza and covidationBut also bring the effectiveness of vaccination against the current range of 30 to 60% to 90%. Nevertheless, he admitted that the official approval process could take years, unlike the rapid recovery granted to the current vaccine by the regulators.

"Today, the vaccines we have for seasonal flu are OK in a happy new year and they are rather bad in a bad year, in terms of efficiency," he said. "It's not impossible for, in a few years, we should have the product I just talked about - a seasonal high efficiency vaccine and a Covid vaccine - for you on your pharmacy on an annual basis." And for more than you should still not do after having your gunshots, checkDr. Faisci just said to avoid this a place, even if you are vaccinated.

This is not the first time the pharmaceutical CEO admitted that it believes that Covid has always been an enemy for some time to come. In January, CNBC reported that during a discussion on the panel at theJPMorgan Health ConferenceBantel predicted what he believedThe future of Covid would be post-pandemic.

"SARS-COV-2 does not disappear," said Bondel, suggesting that the virus would become "endemic" and broadcast permanently at low level while rarely causing a serious illness. "We will live with this virus, we think forever."

Bantel is also not alone in his beliefs thatCovid Shots could become an annual event. During an interview with NBC News'Lester Holt In February, PFIZER PFG-CEOAlbert Bourla discussed ongoing tests for aThird-party potential of the dose of the vaccine of his company to do itmore effective against mutated versions of the virus, including the highly transmissible South African variant. He pointed out that these mutations should be expected from any virus and they are whyAnnual blows are needed For other diseases.

"Every year, you have to go for influenza vaccine," Bourla said. "It will be the same with Covid. In a year, you will have to leave and get your annual shot so that Covid is protected." And for more information on vaccination, seeThe vaccine against Pfizer can be less effective if you have this common condition.