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originally posted by: Stu118
Why is it you Americans shout about the right to bear arms, have weapons and yet do nothing when your government repeatedly kill your own?
Why be armed if your too scared to use them?
FDA expected to authorize new Covid boosters without data from tests in people
The lack of human data means officials likely won’t know how much better the new shots are — if at all — until the fall booster campaign is well underway.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon follow with a safety review and its recommendations. Its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to meet Sept. 12.
This will be an opportunity for people to boost waning antibodies to the virus. Just about 17% of those who were eligible to receive last fall's bivalent COVID shots got them, CNN reported.
Americans are expected to be able to choose between two mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna, as well as a protein subunit vaccine from Novavax.
The Novavax vaccine contains an ingredient to boost the immune system to make antibodies, CNN reported.
The FDA plan is to approve the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for people ages 12 and up. It is expected to allow the Novavax vaccines, as well as vaccines for those age 11 and younger, under an emergency use authorization, CNN reported.
The new vaccines will target the XBB.1.5 coronavirus subvariant and offer some protection for closely related strains. They are also effective against EG.5.
There will not be free government coverage, though most insurance plans are required to pick up the full cost, without copays, under the Affordable Care Act.
medicalxpress.com...
Experts told CNBC that public health officials and providers could potentially increase uptake of the shots by communicating that they will likely become a routine part of health care moving forward.
www.cnbc.com...
Only about 17% of the U.S. population — around 56 million people — have received Pfizer and Moderna’s bivalent Covid vaccines since they were approved last September(2022), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Bivalent means they target two strains of the virus.
Less than half of adults 65 and older have received a bivalent shot, while rates for all other age groups sit at around 20%.
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Pandemic fatigue, confusion
Fatigue over the pandemic and the general belief that Covid is “over” could potentially hinder the uptake of new shots this fall, experts said.
originally posted by: marg6043
The FDA is nothing than a lap dog to the big pharma, pharma wants the jab approved because this way the states can mandate the jab as school required jabs, this is a steady flow for big pharma that their covid jabs has dropped and is not money to be made.
Why oh, why the targeting of our children never ends.
originally posted by: StoutBroux
So it appears that the Corona virus changes just like the flu virus. It's just another virus we have to get used to and build up resistance to. As time goes on and we build our antibodies, when we do get sick, it's usually milder and milder.
I rarely get the flu anymore and it doesn't knock me out if I do nor is it a death defying feat to recover from it. If I were of fragile health it might be a different story.
We just have to get over the hype and understand some people will have a more difficult time with it but the majority of people will be just fine.
originally posted by: marg6043
a reply to: Zanti Misfit
Yes I was tested positive soo it was covid.