FDA experts are still divided over who should get which COVID shots and when

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Fri, 2023-01-27 22:46 — mike kraft

FDA experts are still puzzled over who should get which COVID shots and when Evidence continues to mount that it’s mostly the elderly who are at serious risk from COVID. Arthur Allen Kaiser Health News STLtoday.com

At a meeting to simplify the nation’s COVID vaccination policy, the FDA’s panel of experts could agree on only one thing: Information is woefully lacking about how often different groups of Americans need to be vaccinated. That data gap has contributed to widespread skepticism, undervaccination, and ultimately unnecessary deaths from COVID-19.

The committee voted unanimously Thursday to support the FDA’s proposal for all vaccine-makers to adopt the same strain of the virus when making changes in their vaccines, and suggested they might meet in May or June to select a strain for the vaccines that would be rolled out this fall.

However, the panel members disagreed with the FDA’s proposal that everyone get at least one shot a year, saying more information was needed to make such a declaration

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