Posted on 10/26/2021 1:46:02 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Even as booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines become widely available in the U.S., some vaccine experts are not convinced that the shots are broadly necessary.
While studies indicate that older adults have a higher risk of severe breakthrough Covid cases, limited data are available on the need for boosters among younger age groups.
In addition, pressure from the federal government has made it difficult for some vaccine experts to make objective decisions about boosters, several experts said in interviews with the New York Times.
Over 13 million Americans have received an additional vaccine dose as of October 25, including about 18 percent of seniors.
Additional Covid vaccine doses were first approved for Americans with weakened immune systems in mid-August.
Then, in late September, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) authorized booster shots for seniors and other people considered high-risk who had received the Pfizer vaccine.
The agencies followed this with additional authorizations last week, enabling Americans who received Moderna and Johnson & Johnson's vaccines to receive additional doses.
As of October 25, about 13.3 million Americans have received a booster shot.
This includes 8.2 million seniors, representing about 18 percent of Americans over age 65.
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PATRIOT PING
My wife and I have two shots of Moderna and we’ve seen no evidence that boosters are needed for Moderna. We’ll wait until that evidence surfaces.
100% of the executive bonus experts agree that twice monthly boosters are critical for the health and well being of their big pharma executives bonuses.
LOL... 100%
Concurring bump...there’s someone on here who was part of the original Moderna vaccine trial and he said they’re going on one full year with antibodies.
:)
Interesting.
Most of my family got the Moderna shots in Jan.-Feb., and they are all well.
I hope that stays true through the winter ahead.
Most are still working from home.
In other words, the American people have been guinea pigs or worse.
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