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They should just go and fuck themselves. Before CCP flu, I would get flu shots almost every year because I am in contact with huge numbers of people in winter. I will not have a single flu shot ever again because they lost any vestiges of trust I had and I think they will start sneaking Covid death shots into regular season flu shots.
FDA greenlights updated Covid shots, making fall booster rollout imminent.
And why would the FDA provide “emergency use authorization” and the CDC recommend these clearly toxic products for children?
our rights are being systematically removed by tyrants like the governor of New Mexico?
If you go by the official numbers, which I've given reasons why you shouldn't, even then almost no one took a third shot. Giant nothingburger..
bio-digital convergence my friend. Normalizing re-writing the human being is really their own potential win at this point.
We are in control of your immune system.
The CDC’s vaccine advisors are set to meet Tuesday, and they’re likely to recommend the updated boosters before CDC Director Mandy Cohen is expected to make the final decision on the rollout.
“The public can be assured that these updated vaccines have met the agency’s rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality. We very much encourage those who are eligible to consider getting vaccinated,” CBER Director Peter Marks said in a statement.
The FDA’s announcement on Monday did not mention Novavax’s vaccine. In a statement issued shortly thereafter, Novavax said its shots were ready to ship, though did not explain why they were not included in the FDA’s action.
FDA’s vaccine advisors did not meet to discuss these specific vaccines, but in June, they unanimously recommended a monovalent vaccine for the fall targeting the XBB.1.5 lineage. The expectation is that the vaccines will be updated on an annual basis, barring the emergence of a completely new variant that requires a different approach.
Last week, Moderna published data suggesting that the updated booster is effective at boosting antibodies against the now-in-circulation BA.2.86 variant, also known as Pirola, which public health officials have warned could overcome immunity from prior vaccination or infection.
Pfizer and BioNTech’s updated booster is approved for those ages 12 and older, regardless of whether they previously received a Covid-19 vaccine. Their vaccine for people ages 6 months to 11 years was cleared through an emergency use authorization, which is a lower bar than approval.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the majority of Americans are eligible for the new vaccine, even if they haven’t previously received one amid rising Covid-19 cases.
“We expect this season’s vaccine to be available in the coming weeks, pending recommendation from public health authorities, so people can ask their doctor about receiving their Covid-19 vaccine during the same appointment as their annual flu shot, saving time now and helping to prevent severe disease later when respiratory viruses are at their peak,” Bourla said.
BioNTech CEO Uğur Şahin said in a statement that the updated shot addresses multiple Omicron XBB-lineages, which account for most cases globally.
“Studies about confirmed viral infections suggest that Covid-19 adopts a seasonal pattern with peaks in fall and winter, similar to other respiratory viruses,” Şahin said. “Our goal is to provide people worldwide with Covid-19 vaccines that are adapted to circulating virus variants or sublineages.”
With vaccines available for Covid-19, RSV and flu this upcoming season, public health officials now face the daunting task of encouraging people to take the updated shots. Despite officials’ efforts last fall to encourage Americans to get their Covid-19 and flu shots concurrently, uptake of the bivalent booster still severely lagged.
Jeffrey Henderson, a professor of medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, said the seasonal approach to updating the Covid vaccines marks a significant shift since the start of the pandemic when there was no widespread immunity to the virus.
“With time you would hope there’s some greater comfort level and time and experience with this vaccine type to convince more people to stay up to date with it,” he said. “Time will tell whether that’s the case.”
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