A small percentage of Americans got the most recent covid-19 booster shot, and even fewer probably realize the federal government is preparing to recommend yet another shot as early as Tuesday.
Until a week or two ago, William Schaffner read that indifference as a sign the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should advocate vaccinating only those most at risk from the virus.
"I don't plan to get it myself," said Paul Offit, 72, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He's had two boosters and got covid last year. Another vaccine might increase his protection against mild infection for a few months, but like most Americans' immune systems, his is already familiar enough with the virus to protect him from serious disease, Offit believes.
But a partial recommendation could leave the very groups who suffered most during the pandemic — minorities and other disadvantaged groups — unable to get vaccinated if they want but can't afford to.A 1993 law requires the federal government to pay for childhood vaccines recommended by the ACIP, and more recent legislation requires coverage of adult vaccines within 15 days of an ACIP recommendation.
The new vaccine is "not remotely a game changer," said John Moore, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College. Related Stories"Editorial FOMO drove summer surge worries," Moore said, using an acronym for "fear of missing out." Despite worrying comments and tweets by physicians such as Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, about a new covid variant called BA.2.86, "it turned out to be a real nothingburger," Moore said.
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