Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters
Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters
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 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.
I wonder if the new boosters will be given out for "free" (in quotes because it's taxpayers money blah blah, for the pedantic people)? I definitely want a booster since it's been more than a year(?) since the last one, and it would be great if they gave it out without additional charge.
I had a whole thing with my pharmacy about this. They kept on asking for insurance and social security numbers. Me repeatedly pointing out that the vaccine is free and open to everyone living in the US regardless of status.
I swear they can't help themselves. They are so used to these fucking games.
It's not free anymore, though.
The government paid for the initial 2 vaccine shots when it first came out, but you have to have insurance (or pay out of pocket) now.
I wonder if the new boosters will be given out for "free" (in quotes because it's taxpayers money blah blah, for the pedantic people
They will be in most countries.
Something tells me that this is going to be a hard sell.
I think most people are out of pandemic-mode already even if the pandemic isn't done with us. And while it should be easier to sell the idea of getting a booster to people since there weren't piles of dead bodies from the vaccines like the anti-vaxx people predicted, but that kind of logic doesn't work on folks. The anti-vaxx people were proven wrong, and yet somehow those people are going to claim they were correct and be even more adamant about not getting the vaccines this time.
"They" are upgrading the 5G in our nanomachines, or something...
It’s a slightly harder sell because the vaccine didn’t kill me nor did I expect it to, but it definitely did knock me on my ass with some flu like side effects for a day or two.
Did you get covid? Because even with all my vaccines and boosters I felt like absolute shit for 4 to 5 days and was out of work for a week. When I returned I still certainly wasn't 100% until the 2 week mark. I can't imagine what it would have been like without a vaccine. A day or two of feeling crappy ill take. Thank you very much.
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
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
I feel like I’m only just recently hearing about “RSV” (Like within the last 9 months).
Is that a new thing or do I just live under a rock?
Babies always got it. But this is the first time I've really seen it be a concern for adults
I got it in December and holllly shit. Covid would have been better, supposedly. My parents got covid and they weren't out of it very long but this thing kicked the shit out of them for 2 weeks
I got it a couple weeks later and I've never been so wiped the hell out for 10 straight days. And a couple more weeks to recover
After seeing how people fared with covid and seeing what I went through with RSV, I'll take as many RSV vaccines as I'm allowed to take for the rest of my life
It was explained to me that RSV is a concern for adults more because they transmit it to young children who are at much greater risk from it. Most adults who get it don't even know it from another routine illness (sounds like your parents were an exception). I'm not a doctor, this is just how it was explained to me.
I didn't know it was a thing until my second child got it in 2012. He had recently turned 1, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been (baby danger is for those 1 and younger). It took a while, but it cleared up. He was put on an emergency inhaler to help with the symptoms. I'm convinced that the RSV infection plus the fact that he was a small child (25th percentile for height and weight, but otherwise healthy) contributed to him developing asthma. His asthma doctor told me that is a very real possibility (there's no way to know for certain). He's gotten better as he's gotten older, but I'm forever on edge with new respiratory infections.
The last few boosters I got made me sicker than the last few COVID cases I got. Fever aches and fatigue for about 2 days.
Almost certainly.
Me too, and I was glad my body responded so I knew it was doing something.
Switch out for Novavax?
Is this gonna become a yearly thing?
When we failed to take the initial spread seriously and let the thing turn endemic, yes. Yes it will. Much like the flu.
Yeah, they said a couple years ago, they were expecting it to have a yearly booster, same as the flu.
Likely, but keep in mind, generally overtime, viruses become less* lethal as its the non lethal ones that survive to spread(as lethal ones kill host, and killing the host is detrimental for the spread of a virus)
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While that is normally true, covid spreads before symptoms show. So it doesn't select as well for non-lethality since lethal variants have plenty of time to spread before it kills the host.
Not really. Most viruses get weaker as they mutate. It only makes it easier for the virus to survive and thrive if it is less destructive to its host.
If viruses got more violent we’d all had died from the common cold a long time ago.
True it just sucks that it's yet another thing I have to worry about just to live and perform my job correctly. I hate getting sick regardless of lethality.
You said lethal where I think you meant non-lethal. This is confusing your point.
Great, but why can't I get it now? These have been basically ready for a while.
My understanding is that this is a different "mutation" of the omicron variant, and the new booster is with the updated target but I heard it's not out until autumn, I think it's Moderna? Is developing the one I'm thinking of
What a joke, coming from someone who could use the company. Where you been the last two years?! Unless you have a specific issue, everyone has moved on. Even the Biden administration deemed the pandemic over. So what, it wasn't? No one is going to listen to you, expect me, but that's just because I never stopped with my pandemic protocols, though I have amended them.
I mean... No? It's never over over, it's just we reached herd immunity. These are just shot updates, just like our annual flu shot. The pandemic is over, but that doesn't mean COVID was eradicated
it’s just we reached herd immunity
What? No we didn't.
With the uptick of infections in the UK and other areas, I knew this recommendation was coming. And since it’s not “free” anymore big pharma is going to take in the money on this cash cow.
I can’t take the vaccine, unless I wanna die, so please don’t think I’m an anti-vaxxer.
TBF I’ve had Covid twice, it wasn’t fun, but it only lasted in me for like 3-4 days. I’m one of the lucky ones that didn’t end up in the hospital. Doctor told me to take vitamin c and zinc which I think helped reduce the infection time.
What's the actual reason you can't get the mRNA vaccine? Are you allergic to a certain chemical in them?
The risk for heart attack due to one of the chemicals in them. I have had 2 heart attacks in 2021, one I actually died on the table for 2 minutes, twice. my cardiologist said if I took the mRNA vaccine it would kill me. So here I am. I have no problem with people taking the vaccine or not, their body their choice. But, IMHO, if they really put the time into it, they could program the vaccines to literally kill the virus instead of just making the symptoms lighter. WE have the tech, the problem is big pharma knows if they actually did the right thing they would lose money.
Ain't capitalism great? Don't make a cure, just make a band-aide so you can make more money.