Ok, when is the updated strain Covid vax going to be available?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understood that the flu vaccine was approved, it takes about a year to produce do trump/rfk couldn’t stop that in time. The covid vaccine is a no-go. The old one is still available (from last year), but there is little hope of another updated one until 2029, thanks to trump. They’ve fired everyone who would approve it and set up redundant roadblocks to slow it down to a halt.
I’m still trying to figure out if I can get the one from last year without paying $150 or more out of pocket…is insurance covering it? I heard no.

Are you saying there is no updated variant Covid vax? That cannot be correct. There would be zero point in having last year's vax. Can someone check this?

[Anonymous]

The vaccines are usually only somewhat helpful to public health. And hardly anyone is getting every available COVID shot, with very few schoolchildren doing so.

While from time to time we might see individual schools "overwhelmed" with illness, no reason to think that health care facilities will be unable to keep up.

[Anonymous]

Can we go to Canada to get shots?Seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The vaccines are usually only somewhat helpful to public health. And hardly anyone is getting every available COVID shot, with very few schoolchildren doing so.

While from time to time we might see individual schools "overwhelmed" with illness, no reason to think that health care facilities will be unable to keep up.

+1 this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we go to Canada to get shots?Seriously.

Are you that worried????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we go to Canada to get shots?Seriously.

Canada says:

The following recommendations apply during 2025 and up to the summer of 2026:

COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for those previously vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection or severe COVID-19 disease as follows:
All adults 65 years of age or older
Those 6 months of age and older who are:
residents of long-term care homes and other congregate living settings
individuals with underlying medical conditions that place them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, including children with complex health needs
pregnant women and individuals who are pregnant
individuals in or from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communitiesFootnote 1
members of racialized and other equity-denied communitiesFootnote 2
health care workers and other care providers in facilities and community settingsFootnote 3
All individuals (previously vaccinated and unvaccinated) 6 months of age and over not in the preceding list may receive the COVID-19 vaccine

[Anonymous]

They cancelled all of the meetings in the spring related to the vax. Those meetings determine which strain they will create the vax for. Since those meetings did not happen, I assume there won't be a vaccine.

It takes time (maybe six months??) for the vaccine to be made using egg whites.

Good luck out there, everyone! We are all on our own now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I understood that the flu vaccine was approved, it takes about a year to produce do trump/rfk couldn’t stop that in time. The covid vaccine is a no-go. The old one is still available (from last year), but there is little hope of another updated one until 2029, thanks to trump. They’ve fired everyone who would approve it and set up redundant roadblocks to slow it down to a halt.
I’m still trying to figure out if I can get the one from last year without paying $150 or more out of pocket…is insurance covering it? I heard no.

Are you saying there is no updated variant Covid vax? That cannot be correct. There would be zero point in having last year's vax. Can someone check this?

The MAGA leaders want us to die. You can look at the actions and see that is the case. They don't give a sh-t about us.

How would we check? By asking Karoline Leavitt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go to Canada to get shots?Seriously.

Are you that worried????

DP. I am. I almost died from COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They cancelled all of the meetings in the spring related to the vax. Those meetings determine which strain they will create the vax for. Since those meetings did not happen, I assume there won't be a vaccine.

It takes time (maybe six months??) for the vaccine to be made using egg whites.

Good luck out there, everyone! We are all on our own now.

No. The mRNA vaccines do not use eggs or any animal proteins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go to Canada to get shots?Seriously.

Canada says:

The following recommendations apply during 2025 and up to the summer of 2026:

COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for those previously vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection or severe COVID-19 disease as follows:
All adults 65 years of age or older
Those 6 months of age and older who are:
residents of long-term care homes and other congregate living settings
individuals with underlying medical conditions that place them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, including children with complex health needs
pregnant women and individuals who are pregnant
individuals in or from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communitiesFootnote 1
members of racialized and other equity-denied communitiesFootnote 2
health care workers and other care providers in facilities and community settingsFootnote 3
All individuals (previously vaccinated and unvaccinated) 6 months of age and over not in the preceding list may receive the COVID-19 vaccine

But can we ( Americans) get it there? I wasn't asking about what they recommend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go to Canada to get shots?Seriously.

Canada says:

The following recommendations apply during 2025 and up to the summer of 2026:

COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for those previously vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection or severe COVID-19 disease as follows:
All adults 65 years of age or older
Those 6 months of age and older who are:
residents of long-term care homes and other congregate living settings
individuals with underlying medical conditions that place them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, including children with complex health needs
pregnant women and individuals who are pregnant
individuals in or from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communitiesFootnote 1
members of racialized and other equity-denied communitiesFootnote 2
health care workers and other care providers in facilities and community settingsFootnote 3
All individuals (previously vaccinated and unvaccinated) 6 months of age and over not in the preceding list may receive the COVID-19 vaccine

But can we ( Americans) get it there? I wasn't asking about what they recommend.

Go do your own research.

[Anonymous]

Vaccines are out; cod liver oil is in. You can get it at drugstore, I guess.

And there won't be any surges at all, because whoever would have identified and reported them has been fired.

Problem solved! What stable geniuses we have in charge now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who knows? Everything at the FDA has slowed down because of the RIFs and people leaving for other jobs.

I get that, but with school starting, and no word on the flu vaxx either, the implications for a double surge could be overwhelming. I was really hoping for at least Sept. Hope they get on it.

Come on now. There’s no evidence of that. There have been no “surges” to overwhelm medical facilities since 2020.

Im immune compromised and my doc is not recommending the COVID vax, but just flu and pneumonia.

There's literally a surge right now. There was a surge of flu and Covid this year and last. And, no it wasn't 2020 that overwhelmed hospitals, it was 2021 and 2022. And yes, there are still Covid deaths.

“Literally”? How would you know, there’s no group currently reporting on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who knows? Everything at the FDA has slowed down because of the RIFs and people leaving for other jobs.

I get that, but with school starting, and no word on the flu vaxx either, the implications for a double surge could be overwhelming. I was really hoping for at least Sept. Hope they get on it.

Come on now. There’s no evidence of that. There have been no “surges” to overwhelm medical facilities since 2020.

Im immune compromised and my doc is not recommending the COVID vax, but just flu and pneumonia.

There's literally a surge right now. There was a surge of flu and Covid this year and last. And, no it wasn't 2020 that overwhelmed hospitals, it was 2021 and 2022. And yes, there are still Covid deaths.

“Literally”? How would you know, there’s no group currently reporting on this.

Excellent point. However, I have heard of an uptick from several folks in healthcare.