the CDC is again trying to limit the 2024-25 booster availability to provably immunocompromised and elderly people. they’re taking written comments through the 17th. please take a minute to let them know boosters should be available to all who want them: www.regulations.gov/commenton/CD...
Why on earth would they do this? Like they're never like, only old and immunocomprised people can get flu vaccine annually. Covid is way more dangerous!
they’d rather people remain ignorant and make choices that lead them to disability and premature death than be honest about the threat covid presents and risk economic disruption 🙃
See the problem is USians fundamentally believe anyone with a British accent is smarter than they are. Boris Johnson really should’ve broken that, but alas…
Yeah yeah, US women also tend to fall for those accents (& Irish ones), FINE. And yes I married someone maybe fitting that description. Yes I’m part of the problem…
But I also get to horrify him every time we listen to some absolute gobshite going on about smthg & he asks, ‘Even that one?’
‘Yup!’
not disputing you at all, just trying to info gather so that i can make the most effective comment possible--would you mind pointing to where you saw that they're working to limit booster availability? the document they linked to (and the document linked therein) don't have info that i could find
The ask for comment about booster eligibility is sort of implicit, rather than explicit here. ACIP gives recommendations to CDC on vaccination best practices, CDC indicated last year they were thinking about restricting eligibility for boosters, this is an opportunity to remind them to not do that
thank you, this is super helpful! the ACIP meeting agenda is frustratingly vague. "Recommendation votes are scheduled for...COVID-19 vaccines" is basically all it says lol
This happens every year (also for flu shots), I’m not sure where people got the idea that they want to restrict access this year. It seems very unlikely to me
it was policy for the last booster before pressure forced them to reverse course so that doesn’t seem a safe assumption to me. it takes thirty seconds to comment
so I think what that's saying is "IF it were limited, how would that affect you" is a good way to frame your comment. I don't see any solid evidence that's the CDC's actual framework right now, but certainly arguing that boosters should be for everyone is a good way to go.
i don’t think the CDC says “this is what we’re doing” but it’s what they did last time and the People’s CDC which i trust seems to be under the impression without intervention that’s the way it will go
I commented and said that recommended boosters for Covid (and any other regularly-updated vaccine) should be universal, because accessibility should be a priority and misinformed pharmacists have turned down eligible loved ones for shots. Eliminating confusion should be a priority.
That hypothetical could be submitted by somebody who didn't want to see access restricted. Trying to get people to make comments supporting a wide availability.
I see nothing from the CDC suggesting they are trying to restrict availability. Indeed, that's the opposite of what they've generally said.
and they’ve spent the last 4 years making precautions less, not more, accessible, so commenting is not going to do any harm and could do a world of good
If you look in the document attached to the comments page linked, it says that they will be voting on recommendations for different immunizations including for covid-19. It's very vague, but we're commenting on how we would like them to vote.
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“Covid Boosters should be available to all who want them at no cost. We’re the world’s wealthiest nation, and scientific data and common sense support the greatest available resistance to a novel and mutating disease that has killed over a million Americans and disabled many thousands more.“
thank you. we all have covid in the house now, due to someone in the kiddo's summer camp (and a lot of the kids got it too). ours has been mild thanks to the vax. we need the booster so it doesn't devastate ppl. and everyone should have the opp to get it!
