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As COVID rises in over half of US, who should get a vaccine this fall? Experts explain
MSN ^ | September 17, 2026 | Caroline Kee

Posted on 09/17/2026 6:09:59 PM PDT by DoodleBob

As fall approaches, it’s time to think about respiratory virus season and how to protect yourself. COVID-19 cases are already rising in most parts of the country as a late summer wave sweeps across the United States.

Although the COVID activity is still low, infections nationally are estimated to be growing in at least 35 states, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fortunately, it’s not too late to get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to prevent severe illness.

In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the updated 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccine formulations, signing off on four new shots to be rolled out this fall.

The updated vaccines all target the XFG variant, which has fueled the majority of COVID cases over the past year and is expected to keep circulating this fall and winter.

The step that usually follows FDA approval is the CDC issuing new guidelines, which dictate who should get the updated COVID vaccines and when — but this hasn’t happened.

The CDC has not made official COVID vaccine recommendations for the 2026-2027 season. That’s because the expert panel in charge of writing them, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), was sidelined this past spring.

The lack of federal guidance has created confusion, experts say — especially after the agency overhauled guidelines last fall, dropping its recommendation that everyone get the COVID vaccine.

To fill this void, leading medical groups — including the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Infectious Disease Society of America — issued their own 2026-2027 respiratory virus vaccine recommendations for their patient populations.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; howaboutno; vaccine

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1 posted on 09/17/2026 6:09:59 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/american-college-of-obstetricians-gynecologists/summary?id=D000046893 - Chiefly Dem

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/american-academy-of-pediatrics/totals?id=D000046805 - entirely Dem

https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/american-academy-of-family-physicians/C00411553/summary/2022 - Chiefly Dem


2 posted on 09/17/2026 6:10:16 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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May 11, 2020

British government confirms: “Covid is harmless to the VAST majority of people”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adj8MCsZKlg

It was known at the start that the lockdowns, the masks, the mandates were totally unnecessary.


3 posted on 09/17/2026 6:13:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: DoodleBob

I’m 73 next month & had Covid twice. Not getting the vaccine.


4 posted on 09/17/2026 6:14:18 PM PDT by Prince of Space (I cannot hate the media enough!)
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To: DoodleBob

5 posted on 09/17/2026 6:16:41 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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Ah... So this is now a ‘yearly’ shot... Like the ‘flu’ vaccine.

Good to know, but it’s not the flu and it’s not the covid... It’s the pneumonia you get when you’re laying on your back in a hospital bed that kills you.

Just get pneumonia shot and you’ll be fine... They work for a good long time too.


6 posted on 09/17/2026 6:16:52 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: DoodleBob

Another scare tatic, The sky is falling again.


7 posted on 09/17/2026 6:19:14 PM PDT by bobrlbob (I BELIEVE IN LAW AND ORDER. )
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To: DoodleBob

Enough of this BS.


8 posted on 09/17/2026 6:19:17 PM PDT by Mlheureux
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To: DoodleBob

AI says I need a Covid Vaccine booster, gold in my retirement portfolio, Dr. Brownsteins remedies, Ozempic, Cialis, and toenail fungus solutions.


9 posted on 09/17/2026 6:20:27 PM PDT by blackdog (The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.)
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To: Prince of Space

Older than you. Have never had “covid,” and I will not take the clot shot.


10 posted on 09/17/2026 6:22:13 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Deus vult!)
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To: jerod

Not taking any of their shots.


11 posted on 09/17/2026 6:24:04 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Deus vult!)
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To: DoodleBob

I didn’t fall for this schtick the first time around and I’m not falling for it this time around.


12 posted on 09/17/2026 6:24:28 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: DoodleBob

You can stick your vaccine “boo$ter” up your arse,
You can stick your vaccine “boo$ter” up your arse,
You can stick your vaccine “boo$ter”,
With your cock-a-doodle dooster,
You can stick your vaccine “boo$ter” up your arse!


13 posted on 09/17/2026 6:24:36 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: DoodleBob

Nobody should get the shot. Can’t trust the experts. They lie!!


14 posted on 09/17/2026 6:27:06 PM PDT by Parmy
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15 posted on 09/17/2026 6:29:29 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Parmy

Next time someone asks you if you got the shot, take the 5th.


16 posted on 09/17/2026 6:30:49 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: DoodleBob

Ha!
Side Lined !?!
.
The Entire Human Race is Waiting...
Tic
Tock


17 posted on 09/17/2026 6:31:41 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Good SCIENCE is Not Faith BUT Curiosity. )
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To: DoodleBob

THIS scare tactic again?....No...not falling for it....and never did.


18 posted on 09/17/2026 6:31:48 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Most Congress Critters should be referred to as what they are....LOOTERS)
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To: Prince of Space

I will soon be 79, have never taken the Jab. Nor did my wife.

They can put all of the mRNA crap to inside where the sun don’t shine.

NO SALE. NO more Lies.


19 posted on 09/17/2026 6:33:14 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: DoodleBob

Already been determined that the vaccines are worthless, and many times harmful. You couldn’t pay me to take it.


20 posted on 09/17/2026 6:34:00 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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