A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory group said Friday it isn’t recommending more than one annual coronavirus vaccine booster.
The working committee, which is part of the CDC’s Advisory Committee For Immunization Practices, found insufficient evidence that more than one shot a year would benefit older or immunocompromised people.
Annual shots are recommended by the CDC as the vaccine’s effectiveness diminishes over time, especially in more vulnerable populations - the shot generally wanes faster in older people compared ot younger adults - and the group said it recommends an annual booster campaign that would likely start later this year.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outlined a plan for a yearly shot last month but an FDA committee said it wasn’t sure if yearly vaccines were the right move because there are still so may unknowns about the virus.
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The Administration’s Vaccine and Related Biology Products Advisory Committee stressed that COVID-19 is not exactly like the flu, which is more seasonal regarding surges in infections.
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H/T Fox News (read more at FoxNews.com)
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