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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Swiss canton Bern only recommends the new covid booster for people 65+ years old and the medically vulnerable who are 16+ years old. For everyone else:

"Vaccination is not recommended for all other people, as there is hardly any risk of serious illness in people without risk factors."
https://www.gsi.be.ch/de/start/themen/coronavirus/impfen/boostercheck.html[/quote]
That isn't the CDC or even an organization within the United States.[/quote]
The CDC Advisory Cmte on Immunization Practices (ACIP)'s decision to recommend the booster for everyone 6 months and older was not unanimous; it was 13-1. CDC ACIP member Dr. Pablo Sanchez favored a more narrow booster recommendation focused on high-risk groups and did not support the broad recommendation that was ultimately approved:
“We have extremely limited data on children and infants and other individuals, and I think that needs to be made available to the parents. I also think that in certain circumstances, we do have to be concerned about potential side effects, especially in young adults and in young adult males. And so, I think all of that needs to be weighed. And so, that’s why I hesitate to make it just a universal recommendation.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9btUOBz3XCs (video 10:08)

Others involved with CDC ACIP also favored limiting the booster recommendation to just the elderly & vulnerable, but were convinced by some ACIP members that it should be recommended for all for health equity reasons so that insurance companies would cover the costs for all who wanted the booster. 
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2023-09-11/should-you-get-the-new-covid-booster-the-cdc-is-about-to-decide
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Yet even with the mew shot JN.1 is on the rise.[/quote]

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