Moderna CEO Claims People May Need 4th COVID-19 Shot in the Fall

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken on March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

Moderna’s Chief Executive Officer Stephane Bancel said on Thursday that people may need a fourth COVID-19 shot in the fall of 2022 due to the efficacy of third shots likely declining in the next several months.

“I still believe we’re going to need boosters in the fall of ‘22 and forward,” Bancel said at a Goldman Sachs-organized health care conference.