Covid-19 Variant Nimbus Dominant in US as Vaccine Access in Flux
Can You Still Get a COVID Vaccine This Fall? Here’s What to Know
Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations
Thread by @IntegralAnswers on Thread Reader App
C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots
A new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines
“A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a potential summer wave as recent moves by the Trump administration threaten to make vaccines harder to get, and more expensive, for many Americans, some health experts warn.”
The CDC changed its COVID vaccine guidance. What does that mean for you? : Consider This from NPR
Will it be harder to get a COVID vaccine this year?
Trump's FDA Has Axed COVID Boosters For Most People — And Medical Experts Are Deeply Worried
“The vaccine eligibility change is a threat to the health of Americans, some experts say, adding that the FDA is not being forthcoming about its research.”
The vaccine eligibility change is a threat to the health of Americans, some experts say, adding that the FDA is not being forthcoming about its research.
What the FDA’s new Covid vaccine policy is really about
Under RFK Jr., COVID shots will only be available to people 65+, high-risk groups
Experts may agree with RFK Jr. on fewer Covid shots
“The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — the expert panel that has, until now, guided the nation’s vaccine policies — is already talking about changing policy in ways that would have this exact effect. A presentation from the group’s meeting last month suggests that, if they’re allowed to meet this summer, they’ll recommend annual shots for adults 65 and older, some younger adults with medical conditions that increase their risk of severe illness from Covid infection, including pregnant people, possibly health care workers, and some very young children.”
Why Moderna Merged Its Tech and HR Departments
Moderna's combo Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial
France’s New Nasal Vaccine Aims to Cut COVID Transmission
5 years later: What happened to COVID vaccine companies?
Who should get the COVID booster? The advice might soon change.
Bio
How ‘revenge of the Covid contrarians’ unleashed by RFK Jr puts broader vaccine advances at risk
U.S. health officials inject new uncertainty into approval process for Covid boosters
CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations
Confronting the shortcomings of covid-19 vaccination will help us in future pandemics
Everyone is freaking out about measles because it's "the most contagious virus"... and measles is very dangerous. This concern is warranted, but our vaccines against it are extremely successful. It has an RO of between 12 and 18. That's how many people a single infected person…— Don Ford - The People's Strategist - (@DonEford) February 28, 2025
“Everyone is freaking out about measles because it's "the most contagious virus"... and measles is very dangerous. This concern is warranted, but our vaccines against it are extremely successful.
It has an RO of between 12 and 18.
That's how many people a single infected person can infect (and tbh this is a terrible system because it doesn't include modern rooms packed with people.)
When we were still tracking RO of COVID, it was sitting AROUND 12, and that was in 2022. This was at a point when it was steadily increasing.
So, we can assume it has increased since then.
COVID is just as infectious as Measles, but we vaccinate against Measles extremely well. Measles is also a more visible disease, which makes it easier to identify.
But in the end...
COVID causes much more death.
COVID causes blindness, hearing loss, and developmental delays just like Measles.
And we don't successfully vaccinate for COVID on a wide scale like we can for Measles.
There is no real difference between the folks saying getting Measles is normal and those saying getting COVID is normal.
The main difference though is that we have two millennia of tiny graves from Measles, and we've only just started the grave sites for dead kids from COVID.
Please vaccinate your children, and we need to push for Novavax access for kids... because every child under 12 is not properly vaccinated for COVID...
And this carries many of the same risks as a measles infection...
Kids don't even have access to the better vaccine.
So, for every bit of concern for kids unvaccinated for measles, there should be equal concern for every kid not properly vaccinated for COVID.
The mRNA vaccine simply does not create the safety the measles vaccine does for a virus that can cause almost equal but less visible damage.
Every kid under 12 and most kids in general are just as unvaccinated for COVID as these kids catching measles are, except the concern should be much larger because the outcomes are just as bad or worse, and it's far more children at risk.
Currently, all of our children are at risk.
And people clearly care about that level of risk, but they simply don't know it is present.”
Phase 1 trials of Finnish C19 nasal vaccine have started.
Effectiveness of the 2023-to-2024 XBB.1.5 COVID-19 Vaccines Over Long-Term Follow-up: A Target Trial Emulation: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0
“C-19 vaccines targeting the XBB.1.5 variant of Omicron were NOT effective in preventing infection and had relatively low VE against hospitalization and death, which declined rapidly over time."
With little fanfare, Biden administration stacked vaccine advisory committee with new members
Arx2 kb
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine-related myocarditis and pericarditis: An analysis of the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database - PubMed
“In the Japanese population, SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination was significantly associated with the onset of myocarditis/pericarditis. The influencing factors included age of ≤30 years and male. Furthermore, although most adverse events occurred early after vaccination, overall outcomes were good.”
In the Japanese population, SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination was significantly associated with the onset of myocarditis/pericarditis. The influencing factors included age of ≤30 years and male. Furthermore, although most adverse events occurred early after vaccination, overall outcomes were good.
“When Will We Get a Sterilizing Covid Vaccine?”
“When Will We Get a Sterilizing Covid Vaccine?”
A Bumper Month for Trial Results of NextGen Covid Vaccines (Update 23) - Absolutely Maybe
“A Bumper Month for Trial Results of NextGen Covid Vaccines (Update 23)”
A Bumper Month for Trial Results of
Intranasal delivery of a subunit protein vaccine provides protective immunity against JN.1 and XBB-lineage variants
“Intranasal protein vaccine with MF59-like adjuvant protects against SARS-CoV-2, including XBB variants.
In mice, it boosts mucosal immunity with durable neutralizing antibodies.”