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Everyone I have talked to today is horrified that the CDC might only recommend the next COVID-19 booster for elderly and immunocompromised people, after we have been told for years to expect it to become like the seasonal flu shot, while we are waiting for better boosters, while cases are spiking and the long COVID research is damning. Please. Ask them to approve it for everyone. We have until Friday to comment. Pls boost. https://www.regulations.gov/document/CDC-2023-0060-0001
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/your-fall-guide-to-covid-rsv-and-flu-vaccines this article mentioned in passing: "The general public should not expect to need to receive the latest COVID booster, Offit said." This was a terrible shock to me and I keep talking to people and they ask why? Why isn't it like the flu shot? What about people on drugs like Humira? What about the risks of reinfection and what about long COVID?
Some really great nuance coming up in replies to this. Commenting about how deeply we hope for and expect to be able to get community wide COVID boosters is still worthwhile, I believe, in light of these nuances. So. Read the replies, but I commented this morning because they do need to hear my concern and upset, and if they get concerned that some guy at FDA led to panicked comments, well, they should address both public concern and that dude.
I should note: I have my disability justice hat quite firmly on, here. It isn't my strictly scicomm hat. I have both. Cope or don't interact, I am FUBfree. I am not moderating or participating in replies with people I don't already know.
@coreo this sucks, I’ve been counting on this with work travel coming up.
@coreo holy crap, I was just talking about needing shots with spouse, this is awful!
@gannet people keep saying this to me tonight. Same! Been counting on a booster!