[blueplum]

Protection offered to the elderly by bivalents at around 40% isn’t bad but it’s not great and bivalents will have to improve to gain widespread acceptance of an annual vaccine for that age group, which the below article strongly hints at being in the works. Of course, an annual vaccine hinges on covid staying around like the flu and not burning itself out. And most people are hoping covid burns out.
https://theconversation.com/even-bivalent-updated-covid-19-boosters-struggle-to-prevent-omicron-subvariant-transmission-an-immunologist-discusses-why-new-approaches-are-necessary-197878

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

At the bottom of the home web page for “The Conversation” which is cited, there is a list of the “funding partners,” “founding partners.” the many academic :members” and the most interesting classification, “strategic partners” which is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

[gracefullyparanoid]

“: blueplum
Protection offered to the elderly by bivalents at around 40% isn’t bad but it’s not great and bivalents will have to improve to gain widespread acceptance of an annual vaccine for that age group, which the below article strongly hints at being in the works”

And here I thought even to get EUA you had to show at least 50% efficacy. This fails even that. As for milder symptoms, the “vax” has nothing to do with that, Omnicron et. al. IS milder for everyone, the non vax has nothing to do with that and further implicates it as worthless