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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t forget that people get Covid anyway even if they get the vaccine.  [b]This is why people stopped getting the vaccine[/b] .  [/quote]

Still going to get it and spread it so why bother?

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To slow the spread.  Minimize the symptoms.  Protect others.[/quote]
Look at the CDC UptoDate page. It says the reason to take the 2023-24 updated vaccine is to reduce the severity of illness. It does not mention slowing the spread/transmission. [b]The lack of mention of that latter factor is notable.[/b] "CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax, to protect against serious illness from COVID-19." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html

Some people will also argue that vaccines reduce the likelihood of long covid. However, here's what the CDC website says on that: "Estimating vaccine effectiveness against post-acute conditions associated with COVID-19, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) and Post-COVID Conditions (PCC), also known as Long COVID, is challenging because these outcomes are less common than severe acute disease. ... The broad spectrum of PCCs, including its various manifestations and lack of standard case definitions across surveillance platforms, makes it challenging to evaluate vaccine effectiveness against these outcomes and interpret findings across studies." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/how-they-work.html

Thus, reducing the severity of illness is the only reason cited on the CDC's UptoDate page to justify its broad-based recommendations for the new booster. However, Omicron is milder than earlier strains and covid hospitalizations and deaths are near record lows. Non-elderly, non-vulnerable people face very little risk of severe outcomes from Omicron. Which is why nearly every other nation in the world only recommends the current booster for the vulnerable and elderly.
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Do you mean the CDC no longer think the vaccine protects others?  What about asymptomatic carriers?[/quote]

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