Posted on 09/06/2023 9:08:12 AM PDT by bitt
New Covid boosters are set to be rolled out as early as next Wednesday — after tests showed they trigger protection against new variants.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mandy Cohen, is expected to sign off on the shots on September 13, making them available.
CDC experts are yet to say who will be offered the updated vaccines, but the White House previously suggested they would be made available to all age groups.
Only 17 percent of Americans have come forward to get a single updated booster since the two-dose regimen was expanded, amid growing vaccine hesitancy and suggestions that middle-aged adults — who have stronger immune systems — do not need the updated shots.
The updated boosters are mRNA vaccines that are being made by Pfizer and Moderna.
The shots are designed to target the XBB.1.5, or 'Kraken', variant that was dominant in the US for most of this summer.
But early test results from Moderna show their shot will also likely be effective against BA.2.86, or 'Pirola', which has sparked fears over a fresh wave.
Why BA.2.86 Covid strain is just another 'scariant'
A new Covid variant that sparked panic may be less infectious and deadly than previously feared.
Tests have already shown the shot is effective against EG.5, or 'Eris', which is the current dominant strain in the US.
Announcing the BA.2.86 test results today, Moderna's head of infectious diseases Jacqueline Miller said: 'We think this is news people will want to hear as they prepare to go out and get their fall boosters.'
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Agree. Especially older folks.
“Anyone else wonder how it is, that people get vaccines but still get covid anyway?”
The vaccines were not designed, tested, or claimed by the manufacturer to prevent transmission of the infection.
My girlfriend received the original vaXX at an Air Force Base and was given a handout that said “This will not stop you from contracting the virus”. All it was meant to do was prepare your system with a bit of a specific immune response to reduce the number of serious cases. It was politicians and political types like Fauchi that started spouting the “stop you from getting sick” line.
What if there was a vax which, in the long run, made people less healthy, and the govt and media said you really need this, for 4 years. Wouldn’t that be a perfect business plan?
I bet you would make a very fine phrenologist too!
Where do I get in line for my poison?
Is America great or what!
;-)
Never Again!
Hey—the Coast Guard should have let him go. I would like to see the video of him heading into Hurricane Lee.
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