The COVID-19 vaccine targeting the original strain of the virus as well as two substrains of the omicron variant will now be used for all vaccinations in the U.S., federal regulators said Tuesday.
The bivalent vaccine has, until Tuesday’s changes to the emergency use authorizations for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, only been approved for use as a booster vaccine.
With Tuesday’s changes, U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials said they intend to simplify the recommended COVID vaccine schedules for most people.
Previously, the original COVID vaccine was approved as the first two doses for everyone ages 6 months and up, while the bivalent vaccine was used as a booster or as the third dose of a three-vaccine series for younger children.
As of Tuesday, the original COVID vaccine is no longer approved for use in the U.S. Unvaccinated people will only need to receive one dose of the bivalent vaccine to be considered vaccinated.
“At this stage of the pandemic, data support simplifying the use of the authorized mRNA bivalent COVID-19 vaccines and the agency believes that this approach will help encourage future vaccination,” said Dr. Peter Marks, the director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Marks noted that nearly every U.S. resident age 5 and up now has COVID antibodies either from previous infection or from vaccination.
The FDA also approved a new booster dose for adults ages 65 and up, provided it has been at least four months since their previous vaccine dose, and those who have weakened immune systems if it has been at least two months since their last vaccine dose.
Most other U.S. residents who have received the bivalent booster are not currently eligible for another vaccine dose, but FDA officials intend to consider the necessity of further booster shots later this year.
COVID vaccines are available at primary care providers, retail pharmacies and some facilities operated by local health departments.
Oh c’mon people get over the Covid scam already!
This is past the point of being ridiculous and shoving this continued nonsense down people throats. The gig is up why do you think fake Fauci is in hiding and has been for months. Nothing to see behind the wizards curtain all it is is Fauci and the government still pushing the scam.
Yeah they turned Covid into a religion (ask actor Tim Robbins about that) and created vaccine junkies.
The FDA has only approved a second bivalent booster for people 65+ and the immunocompromised. No one will be getting the booster shoved down their throats or into their arms. I’m starting to think that paranoia is one of the many side-effects of Covid.
My wife and I got our bivalent boosters over seven months ago. We’re looking forward to getting another one, perhaps as early as this weekend, if the CDC issues its approval in the next few days.
I can’t imagine getting all goosepimply over a non-vaccine vaccine, but you do you.
Hey, what ever floats your boat.
Yeah goody for you enjoy
You can fool some people some of the time but never all the people all the time.
The government keeps trying to fool all of the people all of the time and they fail.
The government, ie politicians, lie all of the time.
Eat healthy, exercise, keep trim, and don’t fall for fades.
And when you are eating healthy, be careful not to eat anything they are now GMO-ing or injecting the mRNA vaccine into. I read an article posted on Telegram about this.
The companies and agencies that mandated the bs vaccines should be held liable.
Exactly people losing their jobs & livelihood over a flu with in excess of 98% recovery. Hold them 1,000,000% accountable
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Ya’ll can take your Covid “vaccine” and stick it.
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It doesn’t even meet the medical definition of a vaccine.
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It never has but people sure bought what was being sold…fools
What’s Covid?
4 days after receiving the Pfizer vaccine I developed blood clots in my legs and was sent to the hospital emergency department and put on blood thinners for 3 months. Upon further research I found out that it was one of the many side affects of the vaccine.
Because of the emergency authorization I doubt a class action lawsuit would be possible. Screwed by politicians again.
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Your side effect and suffering was probably deemed “statistically insignificant” by the CDC.
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