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.
Do you know how to fucking read? You literally DID NOT read my initial post. Why? Because you are either a moron, or because you wanted to dunk on me because you think for some unknown reason that I’m an “anti-vaxxer”. I’m not, and if you had actually read what I said you would understand that, but you didn’t because you wanted to jerk yourself off instead.
Also, how dare you insinuate that I changed my post because you “called me out”. I couldn’t give a french fried fuck. You misunderstanding what I was initially referring to was the problem, which is exactly why I added the citations. I never brought up the monoclonal antibody treatment at all until your ass got here, and your revisionist take on my original post is fucking bullshit. You are being disingenuous at best.
People can downvote the ACTUAL SCIENCE all they want. Kids still died from previous RSV trials, there is absolutely zero dispute about that. As much as people want to champion vaccines as a panacea, there is a reason that many viruses have eluded mankind’s ability to design prophylactic treatments against them. Simply because you don’t like that doesn’t all of a sudden make your bullshit post that there was a VACCINE for RSV that was approved for INFANTS anymore true. It isn’t, you’re fucking wrong.
Once again, there IS NOT a vaccine approved for infants. It is a MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DRUG. They are ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS.
Vaccines - Provide active prophylactic protection against viruses.
Monoclonal Antibodies - Provide passive protection & immune system support that can protect against serious illness, but do not provide prophylactic immunity against a virus in the same way as vaccines.
Since you have a smooth brain I will make that even simpler for you: GO READ THE FUCKING CITATIONS I PROVIDED IN MY INITIAL POST.