The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday.
The official said that while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting an increase in infections and hospital admissions from the virus, overall levels remain low.
On Thursday, Moderna (MRNA.O) said initial data showed its updated COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the “Eris” and “Fornax” subvariants in humans.
Moderna and other COVID-19 vaccine makers Novavax (NVAX.O), Pfizer (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) have created versions of their shots aimed at the XBB.1.5 subvariant.
Pending approval from health regulators in the United States and Europe, the companies expect the updated shots to be available in the coming weeks for the autumn vaccination season.
“We will be encouraging all Americans to get those boosters in addition to flu shots and RSV shots,” the official said, referring to the Respiratory Syncytial Virus.
My grandma just got COVID. It’s convinced me to get more boosters.
I tried to get another booster for this year and my doctor said I can’t because I’ve already had the boosters. I was like yeah last fucking year but he told me to fuck off.
So until this shit gets down to the docs and pharmacies, you may not have much success unless you are older or immunocompromised
It should be available next month for the Eris strain.
I didn’t even know there WAS a new booster. God, will we ever escape this mess?
Welcome to an endemic disease.
Like influenza, well have to keep getting tailored vaccines each year as the disease continues to mutate and circulate.
It will be better than not getting one, but the newest version of the vaccine will be more tailored towards some of the newer strains that are out there. (In addition to the older strains that still exist)
Your doctor sounds like a fucking moron.
However, at this point wait until the new one next month.
There is a real concern that getting too many boosters too frequently may be able to cause immune system “fatigue”, essentially causing it to do the opposite and train your immune system to ignore COVID-19 because it starts to think it’s just always supposed to be there. A vaccine once a year shouldn’t be able to cause it, but we’re getting into new waters with fighting COVID.
They said it has been over a year. I am sure they would have been fine.
Oh wow. That really sucks.
They should already know. Flu vaccines get updated every year, and we’ve known COVID immunity falls off fairly rapidly regardless. People were going only 3-6 months between infections in the initial outbreak. I don’t know what the longevity of the COVID vaccines are but it doesn’t seem great, even ignoring that you need updates for new mutations.
Now, maybe his supply of vaccine doesn’t protect against the latest strains, but if that was the case I’d expect him to have mentioned that, because it isn’t the overall supply either since some places are throwing them away.
There’s always the chance your doctor is just an idiot.
After all, do you know what you call the bottom 10% of a medical school graduating class?
Both my parents and a handful of friends have it right now