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Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters (www.reuters.com)

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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.

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] krakenx@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The government only covers it for those who don't have insurance. It's free to you either way, but at the end of the day someone still gets the bill.

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[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

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[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

"They" are upgrading the 5G in our nanomachines, or something...

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] aircooledJenkins@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I got the flu and covid shots last time. Knocked me on my ass for the weekend. BUT when I caught covid a few months later, it was an annoying cold. I'll take a weekend on the couch over a week or more of shittiness any time.

[-] Rolder@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

I have the ultimate defense against Covid: Being a loser who never leaves home unless I have to

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[-] Cryst@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] CanofBeanz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And the number of people who got a vaccine and still got COVID, i know a lot of those people and can guarantee they won't be getting another shot.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well that’s the idea. The vaccine doesn’t stop you from getting Covid. It was never designed that way.

The point of the vaccine is to produce enough of the antibodies so that when you do get sick you have a stronger immune system to deal with it because if the antibodies.

Vaccines fool your body into thinking you’re sick with the virus so you start building antibodies. Eventually you stop doing that which is why boosters are a thing.

The reality is the vaccine doesn’t come with all of the bad shit that Covid can bring, so although you might feel a little shitty, at least you’re some what prepared for the real virus thanks to the antibodies your body produced.

The main problem with the vaccine and Covid is that people who don’t understand science have a hard time accepting these things so stuff like masks and vaccines are interpreted as bullshit.

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

My grandma just got COVID. It's convinced me to get more boosters.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

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[-] PagingDoctorLove@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I didn't even know there WAS a new booster. God, will we ever escape this mess?

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[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Your doctor sounds like a fucking moron.

However, at this point wait until the new one next month.

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[-] time_fo_that@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Both my parents and a handful of friends have it right now

[-] RagnarokOnline@reddthat.com 17 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Yes that's typically what's happened but this year was a rough ass ride

[-] SuzyQ@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

It's not a new thing, but I think the shots were mainly given to kids in the past. But the symptoms can mimic Covid, so I think they have started advising more adults to get the shots.

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[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

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.

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[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

Almost certainly.

[-] digitalgadget@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Me too, and I was glad my body responded so I knew it was doing something.

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[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Is this gonna become a yearly thing?

[-] evatronic@lemm.ee 31 points 1 year ago

When we failed to take the initial spread seriously and let the thing turn endemic, yes. Yes it will. Much like the flu.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Failing implies an attempt. The government deliberately chose to lift restrictions prematurely, knowing it would result in the deaths of millions of people, just to make billionaires richer.

[-] APassenger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

While I agree with your assertion that it was done for financial reasons, it was already endemic by the time the world noticed.

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[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they said a couple years ago, they were expecting it to have a yearly booster, same as the flu.

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