# Moderna Says Booster Will Provide ‘Good Level of Protection’ Against Omicron Variant

By Human Events · Published 2021-12-21 · News & Analysis › World · https://humanevents.com/news/moderna-says-booster-will-provide-good-level-of-protection-against-omicron-variant

> Moderna announced Monday that a booster dose of its vaccine significantly raised antibody levels that protect against the Omicron variant. A booster dose of the vaccine, which is half the dose originally used in the shots for adults, increased antibody levels against Omicron by a factor of 37, according to preliminary company data, per Just \[…\]

Moderna announced Monday that a booster dose of its vaccine significantly raised antibody levels that protect against the Omicron variant.

A booster dose of the vaccine, which is half the dose originally used in the shots for adults, increased antibody levels against Omicron by a factor of 37, according to preliminary company data, per *[Just the News](https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/moderna-says-its-booster-shot-will-provide-good-level-protection?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter)**.*

Paul Burton, the company’s chief medical officer, said the booster’s protections “should provide some good level of protection as we go into the holiday season.”

A double dose size of the normal booster was shown to raise antibody levels by 83 times. While the booster is a half-size dose, the full-size was given to immunocompromised people for utmost protection.

Currently, about half of the country’s coronavirus cases are the Omicron variant.