Posted on 07/31/2023 4:02:35 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
The CDC will soon recommend annual COVID shots, much like the current annual flu shots, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, the embattled federal health agency's new director, in an interview Thursday.
President Biden picked Cohen, the former head of North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services, to replace the controversy-prone Rochelle Walensky to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost a month ago despite Republicans' objections.
Asked by a Spectrum reporter if the CDC were moving toward recommending one COVID shot per year for Americans, Cohen said, “Well, we’re just on the precipice of that, so I don’t want to get ahead of where our scientists are here ... but yes, we anticipate that what COVID will become is similar to flu shots, where it's going to be: you get your annual flu shot and you get your annual COVID shot.”
"We're not quite there yet. But stay tuned: I think in the next couple of weeks to a month we're going to hear more from our experts on COVID shots. But we expect a booster coming for this fall and winter season," Cohen said. "We've got to remember: the flu is circulating, RSV [respiratory syncytial virus] is circulating and COVID is circulating. But the good news is we have vaccines and treatment for all. We just need to use these tools."
Cohen said "early to mid-September is probably when we'll have the official guidance" on COVID. "But everyone should expect in this fall time to get a COVID shot and certainly to get a flu shot..."
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Just gotta LOVE the consequences of Donald Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” ...
Looks like 1/4 inch of construction-grade makeup ...
No regrets here. Life has never been this fun and exciting.
The Good Lord has blessed us with a really nice pre rapture staging area =)
nothing... i can ignore this one as well as all the others
LOL
Go pound sand, Mandy. I guess you forgot about doing no harm.
It won’t be long before school students will be required to take them before they can attend school.
But they were already in place when Odumbo was President. Same difference, though.
That will be a good day to die.
So, will this be a regular “whole virus” shot, or an mRNA shot?
Oh, who am I kidding? I’m just gonna skip it, as usual.
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