Posted on 05/09/2024 8:25:56 PM PDT by ransomnote
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Federal health officials said the government is also pursuing an mRNA bird flu vaccine, based on the same technology as Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines.
Chin-Hong said this type of vaccine could potentially be updated more quickly to match the currently circulating strains of the virus. But these vaccines have their own challenges, he said, such as needing to be stored at extremely cold temperatures.
In addition, given that these vaccines would be a new use of the mRNA vaccine technology, the FDA may require clinical trials which could delay the roll-out to the greater population.
There are other options for dealing with an outbreak of bird flu in people, including antivirals such as Tamiflu, which would be given to people who are already infected.
“Different interventions speak to different people,” said Chin-Hong. “In general, Americans prefer to treat something rather than prevent it, which can be a challenge.”
As seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not just how many vaccine doses you can ship that matters, but also how many people receive the vaccines.
“The problem we may have is that there is more vaccine hesitancy now, so people may not be as willing to get vaccinated,” said Diemert. “I don’t know if that will be different because the [hen egg] flu vaccine technology has been around for decades and there’s a lot of evidence of its safety.”
Chin-Hong pointed to the poor current COVID-19 vaccination rates among American adults as a sign of vaccine fatigue.
Around 22% of all American adults have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine, with a slightly better rate (38%) among older adults, according to the CDCTrusted Source. Both rates are much lower than health officials would like to see.
“That shows how fatigued people are [with vaccination campaigns],” said Chin-Hong. “This [hesitancy] would need to be addressed in the same breath as having a well-oiled plan [for rolling out the vaccines].”
Adalja is concerned not just about vaccine hesitancy, but with growing public opposition to vaccines, in general.
“In 2009 with H1N1, vaccination uptake was subpar because concerns raised by the anti-vaccine community — which were unwarranted concerns — dissuaded people from getting vaccinated,” he said.
But “after COVID-19, the anti-vaccine movement is more powerful than it has been in decades,” he added. “So I think mounting a vaccination campaign in an [future] emergency is going to be very difficult to do in the current political environment.”
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And lots of people are unemployed, even in the tech industry, which has historically been in high demand.
Find them jobs, will you?
And figure out how to lower prices on food, heat, and gas.
Then you can tell us how good life is.
My life is very good because I was frugal during my young years, worked on 2 jobs sultaneously for 15 years, with 70 hours work week. Now enjoying fruits of my labor in my golden years.
Bully for you.
Trump twisted more arms than Hulk Hogan to push his “beautiful vaccines”, “three vaccines, all very very good” “one on the greatest achievements of mankind” to get people to roll up their sleeves and get the jab and to get states to stay locked down. Pfizer and Moderna and the HHS swamp played him like a fiddle. He’s a hell of a lot better than even the best Dhimmicrat, but he was at the helm when people in his government put America on the ropes and he didn’t fire a one of them, but instead he bragged about his vaccines even after he was out of office. That’s a vax salesman in my book.
One of the biggest mistakes ever, was pushing Trump’s death vax on people—————-
My thoughts to. A Second item of concern, Trump stating he supports digital currency. Does he support CBDC’s ( a GOVERNMENT digital currency - eliminating cash)?
He had better clarify his stance on a cashless system and soon.
Well said.
I can’t bear to have discourse with these virulent NeverTrumpers with their constantly repeated mischaracterizations.
Unfortunately they ARE 'vaccinating' the birds.... and the cows, the pigs and even some of the vegetables and insects. Bill Gates and his ilk are putting their poisons into the food supply so that they can get them into the 'vaccine resistors'.
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