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Dr. Anthony Fauci believes Johnson & Johnson should have made their COVID-19 vaccine a two-dose shot and encourages Americans to get a booster for the one-jab vaccine as soon as it becomes available.
'What the advisors to the FDA felt is that, given the data that they saw, very likely, this should have been a two dose vaccine to begin with,' Fauci said during a Sunday morning interview on This Week ABC.
'So the idea of making a recommendation that people who originally received J&J should receive a second dose — 18 or older with none of the restrictions about whether or not you're at a high risk or not at a high risk — is that everyone who received that first dose of J&J who are 18 and older should receive it.'
His comments came just days after a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee unanimously voted to recommend booster shots for adult J&J recipients.
Fauci notes, however, that Americans who got the one-dose shot should 'feel good' about the FDA recommendation and should get the jab as soon as possible.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has recommended that Americans who received the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine get a booster shot as soon as possible
He also confirmed that those who got the J&J jab could be better off by getting a booster shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, which were proven
