augieray,
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Holy crap. I mean, really?!?

“However, the updated booster is not intended for everyone. It’s for people in high-risk groups – those who are age 75 or older, pregnant or immunocompromised, said Offit, who serves on the FDA’s expert panel that reviewed the vaccine companies’ data... The general public should not expect to need to receive the latest COVID booster, Offit said.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/your-fall-guide-to-covid-rsv-and-flu-vaccines

rochelle,
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@augieray Absolutely the opposite of what my family doctor told me last week. When I asked her, she said everyone should get it.

andthisismrspeacock,
@andthisismrspeacock@mas.to avatar

@rochelle @augieray This is completely insane. The terrifying take home lesson from our response is that our public health industry is way more interested in playing eleven dimensional chess with itself than actually preventing disease.

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