Advisors to the CDC have voted unanimously to recommend allowing all American adults who have been fully vaccinated for six months to receive booster shots from the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine or the Moderna vaccine. The CDC director will give final approval this evening. The approval comes with a recommendation that those over 50 should take the booster.
You will no longer have to figure out if your medical condition allows for a booster. This may clear up confusion on who may get the shots, and hopefully slows down the spread of Covid through breakthrough vaccinations. Europe is seeing large increases in infections despite vaccination rates that are higher than the US.
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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off on the recommendations later Friday, making broad booster eligibility official U.S. policy a week before Thanksgiving, the unofficial start of holiday season and as infections tick up in large swaths of the country. Fearful of winter surges, officials of about a dozen states already have already moved on their own to broaden booster eligibility to those 18 and older amid strong evidence that vaccine immunity wanes over time across all age groups.
The CDC reports 81.7% of Americans over the age of 18 have had at least one shot and 70.7% are fully vaccinated. First time vaccinations are running at 437,000 per day though many of those are children from five to eleven who have only been eligible for the jabs for the last couple of weeks.
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📈Today's numbers: The U.S. has recorded more than 47 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 768,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Global totals: More than 256 million cases and 5.1 million deaths. More than 195 million Americans – 58.9% of the population – are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.
Every increase in the public’s level of immunity is a welcome step in bringing the pandemic under control.
Study Says Unvaccinated May Be Re-infected Every 16 Months
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A new study from the Yale School of Public Health examined how often a person who is unvaccinated against COVID-19 can expect to contract the virus.
The study, which was published in The Lancet Microbe on Oct. 1, determined that unvaccinated people can be reinfected with the virus about every 16 to 17 months, as reported by The Hill.
Friday, Nov 19, 2021 · 11:48:18 PM +00:00 · mastergardener2k
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(CNN)US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorsed the use of Covid-19 vaccine boosters Friday for all adults.
Walensky made her recommendation just hours after CDC vaccine advisers voted unanimously to recommend booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines for all US adults six months after they finish their first two doses.