New Covid vaccines are coming to the U.S. this fall, but uptake may be low — Here’s why
New Covid vaccines are coming to the U.S. this fall, but uptake may be low — Here’s why
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are slated to deliver new single-strain Covid shots targeting the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in September.
Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are slated to deliver new single-strain Covid shots targeting the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in September.
IMO, if they're going to make a push for it to be an annual thing, it would be a good idea if the shot were available before school starts in the fall.
They want you to be the most protected during winter.
This is true, but we also know that kids are a disease vector that especially kicks in after every break, and that adults seem to be more vulnerable than kids.
Messaging on this would suck, but I'd love to see split vaccinations, with kids getting vaccinated in late August. That way, they're less likely to vector the disease and we might tamp down the winter surge, and their 'prime' resistance would run through Christmas. And adults getting vaccinated at the end of October, with their 'prime' resistance running from just before Thanksgiving through the end of the winter heating season.
Given that all covid vaccines have lost most of their efficacy in just a few months, once a year doesn't seem like enough.
Uptake will be lower due to less COVID.
I’ll probably get it when I get my flu shot but the messaging and communication isn’t great
I'm actually a little surprised there isn't a combined influenza/covid vaccine, unless there's a storage or incompatible carrier issue I'm not aware of (immunology is not my field, so this is entirely possible). As an independent consultant, getting sick pulls money out of my pocket, and being down a week due to flu can cost me $5k or more in income. Plus, I don't want any of the exciting long term complications, even if rare, from a bout with Covid. I say stick me with a needle and slap my ass on the way out the door.
Everything has been moving to fast to have one so far, but I honestly thought this fall might be the first year that happens. It'll happen eventually
‘Cause merica! I’m tougher (tuffer for Americans who can’t read) than Covid heardy dur.
wait am I on reddit?
It's probably more than they don't think of covid as an ongoing thing. Stuff like wearing masks or having lockdowns isn't a thing anymore. A lot of things being done to slow COVID have stopped and people feel like it's over.
That or the shot isn't covered by government programs anymore.
It was always going to be an annual shot like the flu. That annual flu shot is to combat something that was a pandemic as well. We might even get combo shots at some point.