Getting a Covid-19 booster could become a routine 'every six months for many years'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | 02:18 EST, 23 December 2021 | By PETER VINCENT FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

[Red Badger]

Pharmacy Guild boss says masks and boosters will be a reality for 'a long time'

Trent Twomey said if 'data' says so, boosters could be needed every 6 months

Booster shortage partly caused by demand for jabs so people can 'party' on NYE

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A leading Australian pharmacist says measures such as wearing masks and getting six-monthly Covid-19 vaccinations could be a reality for many years.

Trent Twomey, National President of the Pharmacy Guild, says if modelling shows that its best for people to get a Covid jab 'every six months', then Australians should do so.

He dismissed concerns over lingering vaccine hesitancy and wearing masks, saying Australians 'just need to accept' necessary measures because 'it's pretty simple'.

Mr Twomey told Sky News he believes most Australians 'want to do the right thing' but that they were anxious to know what 'normal' life in the pandemic era looks like.

He predicted the need to wear a mask could remain 'for a long time', but that it’s 'not that inconvenient'.

'I think booster shots, just like your annual influenza shot [are] something we just need to accept, its [Covid-19] not going to be with us for many weeks and months, it’s going to be with us for many years.'

He said in order to remain 'fully vaccinated' people will have to get 'a periodic inoculation'.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

— “Lots of petty suckups get a thrill when lashing out at others.”

Agree. We have both seen it.

[glennaro]

Just like the annual flu vaccine ... which I’ve never taken (though I’ve had many vaccines for business travel, etc.)