I’ve researched it more since I first posted the story last night. This is the best article I’ve found, but which indicates this is about a new terminology or nomenclature for a new category of condition, called “up to date.” My guess is policies requiring people to be “fully vaccinated” will soon change to requiring people to be “up to date” to match this nomenclature change, but for now, they’re trying to claim it’s just a new terminology to define something that hasn’t been defined before, which is obvious BS.
The agency is pivoting away from encouraging everyone to be “fully vaccinated” and instead asking them to be “up to date” on their shots.
Walensky earlier this month said that the definition of “fully vaccinated” is not changing to include a booster shot. Changing the definition of fully vaccinated would likely have policy implications for vaccine requirements and could encourage more people to get a booster shot.
She said that using the term “up to date” is “consistent with how public health has historically viewed or even talked about how we recommend vaccines.”
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