Covid-19: Treatments, Cures, and Vaccines

Can we please keep this thread to vaccine and treatment related issues and move the politics to the other Covid thread?

 

Is it okay to talk about vaccine adverse effects without casting blame on political parties ?

 

Bivalent BA.4-5 or BA.1 mRNA-booster given as a fourth dose associated with increased protection against COVID-19 hospitalization and death

Bivalent boosters as a 4th dose have efficacy of approx 75-80% reduction in hospitalization and death vs those that had only 3 doses.

 

FDA advisors recommend that new Covid vaccines target an omicron XBB variant this fall

• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisors recommended that updated Covid shots for the fall and winter target one of the XBB variants, which are now the dominant strains of the virus nationwide.
• Advisors also generally agreed that the new shots should specifically target a variant called XBB.1.5.
• The panel's recommendation is a win for vaccine manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax, all of which have been developing versions of their respective shots targeting XBB coronavirus variants.
• The FDA typically follows the advice of its advisory committees but is not required to do so.

 

Now you know you just went and stirred the hornet's nest