Can a Delay Second Dose Make the Vaccine Ineffective?

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There's a lot of confusion and questions about whethernot this is going to make the vaccine ineffective, or if could change things. We really didn't know what the effect of extending that interval between the two shots was going to be. But i think, i enlarge these intervals that we're tested, particularly for the r and avaxines for example,. It's a litle bit trial and error to it. There is reason to think that if you wait longer, you may actually get a better response.

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