The Coronavirus / COVID-19 Thread (Keep all related posts here)

[workman]

You need to read this.


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Changes to the way FDA approves Covid-19 vaccines will limit who can get them in the fall.
Changes to the way FDA approves Covid-19 vaccines will limit who can get them in the fall.
Jon Cherry/Getty Images

The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans — a move that will limit future vaccines to older Americans and people at higher risk of serious Covid-19 infection.

The agency is changing the standard of evidence required for Covid-19 vaccine approval in the US, Dr. Vinay Prasad, the new director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, said in an editorial published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine

The change means that Covid-19 shots will likely be available in the fall for adults ages 65 and older and those with underlying conditions that may put them at higher risk of a Covid-19 infection, but not for everyone who was previously eligible for an updated shot. Nearly three-quarters of Americans age 6 months and older have an underlying medical condition that puts them at higher risk, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "






https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/health/c ... da-changes

[TheButcher]

Nearly three-quarters of Americans age 6 months and older have an underlying medical condition that puts them at higher risk, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/health/c ... da-changes

That is a high figure if you ask me, what constitutes a "higher risk"

[webcamhostess]

You need to read this.


"
Changes to the way FDA approves Covid-19 vaccines will limit who can get them in the fall.
Changes to the way FDA approves Covid-19 vaccines will limit who can get them in the fall.
Jon Cherry/Getty Images

The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans — a move that will limit future vaccines to older Americans and people at higher risk of serious Covid-19 infection.

The agency is changing the standard of evidence required for Covid-19 vaccine approval in the US, Dr. Vinay Prasad, the new director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary, said in an editorial published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine

The change means that Covid-19 shots will likely be available in the fall for adults ages 65 and older and those with underlying conditions that may put them at higher risk of a Covid-19 infection, but not for everyone who was previously eligible for an updated shot. Nearly three-quarters of Americans age 6 months and older have an underlying medical condition that puts them at higher risk, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "






https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/health/c ... da-changes

What has changed it was always about giving high risk groups priority from what I recall.

[Emil]

There is a new variant NB.1.8.1


"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has detected multiple cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a spike in cases in China. A CDC spokesperson confirmed the findings to Fox News Digital, but said there had been too few cases for the strain to be included in the agency’s COVID Data Tracker."

https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-sees- ... ina-report

[trafficseller]

Give it a rest the main threat we faced is long over, the pandemic is over. It's now as much of a threat as the annual flu.

[AlexO]

'RFK Jr. says Covid-19 shot will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women'

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/health/c ... mmendation

This seems logical

[turboporn]

'RFK Jr. says Covid-19 shot will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women'

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/health/c ... mmendation

This seems logical

Why did it take so long to get to this realization

[jag]

'RFK Jr. says Covid-19 shot will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women'

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/health/c ... mmendation

This seems logical

Why did it take so long to get to this realization

BiG pharma had to first make their profits hon

[pokerking]

Did they ever discover where and how the pandemic started?

[deviantz]

Moderna working on all in one flu and Covid vaccine

Moderna’s flu vaccine shows positive late-stage trial results, paving way for combination Covid shot

[Wm2man]

I had Covid again last week, only felt well enough to get up and about Sunday, this one was bad.

[BarbaraCum]

I had Covid again last week, only felt well enough to get up and about Sunday, this one was bad.

My brother's wife had it last month just a few days after they came back from a cruise.

[Dorman]

Is there a new variant that is causing people to get sick?

[ispdn]

"With summer travel at an all-time high, new COVID-19 variants are brewing. Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) recently added another one to its list of variants under monitoring: XFG.

XFG is spreading most widely in Southeast Asia, although cases have been reported in 38 countries. In the U.K., it accounts for 30% of COVID-19 infections, and in the U.S., 14% of confirmed cases are XFG, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (These data are likely incomplete: the CDC notes that since less data are being reported, the variant trackers are not precise.)"

https://time.com/7300451/new-covid-19-variant-xfg/


I found this on Time magazine

[jag]

"With summer travel at an all-time high, new COVID-19 variants are brewing. Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) recently added another one to its list of variants under monitoring: XFG.

XFG is spreading most widely in Southeast Asia, although cases have been reported in 38 countries. In the U.K., it accounts for 30% of COVID-19 infections, and in the U.S., 14% of confirmed cases are XFG, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (These data are likely incomplete: the CDC notes that since less data are being reported, the variant trackers are not precise.)"

https://time.com/7300451/new-covid-19-variant-xfg/


I found this on Time magazine

Five and a half years later we are still talking about Covid, will there ever come a time when this nasty virus is not in the news.