With the summer Covid wave still rising in the U.S., experts say the timing for getting vaccinated is important

 

Aug. 22, 2024

 

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the new Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna.

 

It’s the third time the vaccines have been updated to match circulating strains since the original series. The shots should be available within days. The agency hasn't yet approved a third vaccine, from drugmaker Novavax.

 

The timing of the new vaccines — last year's rollout was in mid-September — is significant, since most of the U.S. is still caught in the summer wave of Covid illness. As of Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, the number of people testing positive for Covid keeps rising and emergency room visits for Covid have been increasing since mid-May. Hospitalizations are rising, too.

 

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https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-covid-vaccine-what-know-when-available-timing-rcna167121

 

 

Edited August 23, 20242 yr by TallGuyJohninBKK

FDA green-lights season's updated mRNA COVID vaccines

Amid rising US COVID-19 cases, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of the updated 2024-25 monovalent (single-strain) mRNA COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 12 and older and granted emergency use authorization for those aged 6 months to 11 years. 

 

The updated vaccines are called 2024-2025 Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (2024-2025 Formula) for those aged 6 months through 11 years and Comirnaty (made by Pfizer/BioNTech) and Spikevax (by Moderna) for those 12 years and older.

Updated vaccine dose strongly encouraged 

The vaccine, intended as a single dose for those 5 years and older previously vaccinated at least 2 months earlier, is adapted to the currently circulating Omicron KP.2 strain of the JN.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage to better protect against hospitalization and death. 

 

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https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/fda-green-lights-seasons-updated-mrna-covid-vaccines

 

Only gullible brainwashed fools would roll up their sleeves again for this scam...

5 hours ago, Red Phoenix said:

Only gullible brainwashed fools would roll up their sleeves again for this scam...

Only the clueless would make such an ill-informed comment.

A post with misleading and inaccurate information lacking any weblinks to the original sources has been removed.

 

Even if COVID-19 isn't grabbing headlines like it used to, it's still around and affecting people. Cases and deaths are up, so it’s a good reminder to stay aware and take precautions as needed.

7 minutes ago, orang37 said:

it’s a good reminder to stay aware and take precautions as needed.

Wear a mask at all times,distance from socialites at least 6 feet,keep the kids from school,stay home,work from home,clap for the NHS,shutdown the whole economy,decimate small business,don't  kill grandma  by visiting her on her death bed...there's more but....

 

U.S. FDA authorizes Novavax’s updated Covid vaccine, paving way for fall rollout

Aug 30 2024

 

The Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax’s updated protein-based Covid vaccine for emergency use in people ages 12 and up on Friday, paving the way for the shot to compete with Pfizer and Moderna’s jabs this fall and winter. 

 

Novavax’s vaccine targets the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1, which began circulating widely in the U.S. earlier this year. JN.1 only accounted for 0.2% of cases circulating nationwide as of this week, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. 

 

Novavax manufactures protein-based vaccines, which cannot be quickly updated to target another strain of the virus. Despite that, the biotech company has noted that its shot provides protection against descendants of JN.1 that are currently dominant in the U.S., including KP.2.3, KP.3, KP.3.1.1 and LB.1.

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Public health officials see Novavax’s vaccine as a valuable alternative for people who don’t want to take mRNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna, which use a newer vaccine method to teach cells how to make proteins that trigger an immune response against Covid.

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/30/fda-authorizes-novavax-protein-covid-vaccine.html

 

 

ill hazard a guess that many people wont even know this vaccine exists never mind take it. 

 

the coming months will tell. call me out if i am wrong i will eat my words. 

On 8/29/2024 at 2:22 PM, orang37 said:

Even if COVID-19 isn't grabbing headlines like it used to, it's still around and affecting people.

 

So is the flu, and I have never in my life had a flu vaccine. I had the first 2 covid shots, because I was blackmailed that I would not be able to fly or enter public places.

On 8/24/2024 at 9:54 PM, Red Phoenix said:

Only gullible brainwashed fools would roll up their sleeves again for this scam...

Only gullible brainwashed fools would ignore it...and call it a scam.

COVID is estimated to be infecting nearly 1 million people per day in the U.S. right now, and the weekly COVID death toll rose to almost 900 with the latest CDC update. Neither is the case for the flu, as shown below:

Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel

Reported on Friday, August 30th, 2024.

 

"Seasonal influenza and RSV activity are low nationally, but COVID-19 activity is elevated in most areas.

COVID-19

COVID-19 activity is elevated nationally, with continued increases in many areas and early signs of decline in others. COVID-19 test positivity, emergency department visits, and rates of COVID-19–associated hospitalizations remain elevated, particularly among adults 65+ and children under 2 years."

 

https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/data/index.html

 

 

 

On 8/29/2024 at 8:37 AM, johng said:

Wear a mask at all times,distance from socialites at least 6 feet,keep the kids from school,stay home,work from home,clap for the NHS,shutdown the whole economy,decimate small business,don't  kill grandma  by visiting her on her death bed...there's more but....

Keep going!  Terrible troll post

18 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

So is the flu, and I have never in my life had a flu vaccine. I had the first 2 covid shots, because I was blackmailed that I would not be able to fly or enter public places.

I'm guessing these people felt like you.

 

https://ourworldindata.org/influenza-deaths

 

Globally, seasonal influenza kills an average of 700,000 people each year from respiratory disease or cardiovascular disease. During large flu pandemics, when influenza strains evolved substantially, the death toll was even higher.

5 minutes ago, Roo Island said:

I'm guessing these people felt like you.

 

https://ourworldindata.org/influenza-deaths

 

Globally, seasonal influenza kills an average of 700,000 people each year from respiratory disease or cardiovascular disease. During large flu pandemics, when influenza strains evolved substantially, the death toll was even higher.

 

Just for some U.S. background on that:

 

 

 

I did a count the other day of the U.S. CDC's weekly COVID deaths reports. By the early part of August, U.S. COVID deaths were approaching 30,000 for thus far in calendar year 2024, if I did my maths right.

 

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00

 

In the CDC's recent report on the top 10 U.S. causes of death for 2023, COVID was number 10 on the list. Influenza was somewhere further down on the list just based on death counts.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1335279-covid-drops-to-10th-leading-provisional-cause-of-death-in-us-for-2023/

 

 

 

 

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36 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Just for some U.S. background on that:

 

 

 

I did a count the other day of the U.S. CDC's weekly COVID deaths reports. By the early part of August, U.S. COVID deaths were approaching 30,000 for thus far in calendar year 2024, if I did my maths right.

 

 

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00

 

In the CDC's recent report on the top 10 U.S. causes of death for 2023, COVID was number 10 on the list. Influenza was somewhere further down on the list just based on death counts.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1335279-covid-drops-to-10th-leading-provisional-cause-of-death-in-us-for-2023/

 

 

 

 

Some people fall for the misinformation. Sad

New Covid Vaccines Are Coming. Here’s What to Know.

 

We asked experts about the right time to get a shot, and how long protection will last.

 

Aug. 22, 2024

 

[Among the questions answered in the full New York Times report linked below:]

How are the new shots different?

What if I just had Covid?

How fast does protection kick in?

When should I get vaccinated?

New York Times

https://archive.ph/iZasE