The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday.

The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections, a White House official said on Sunday.

The official said that while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting an increase in infections and hospital admissions from the virus, overall levels remain low.

On Thursday, Moderna (MRNA.O) said initial data showed its updated COVID-19 vaccine is effective against the “Eris” and “Fornax” subvariants in humans.

Moderna and other COVID-19 vaccine makers Novavax (NVAX.O), Pfizer (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) have created versions of their shots aimed at the XBB.1.5 subvariant.

Pending approval from health regulators in the United States and Europe, the companies expect the updated shots to be available in the coming weeks for the autumn vaccination season.

“We will be encouraging all Americans to get those boosters in addition to flu shots and RSV shots,” the official said, referring to the Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

  • RagnarokOnlineEnglish
    22·
    10 months ago

    I feel like I’m only just recently hearing about “RSV” (Like within the last 9 months).

    Is that a new thing or do I just live under a rock?

    • Saneless@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      20·
      10 months ago

      Babies always got it. But this is the first time I’ve really seen it be a concern for adults

      I got it in December and holllly shit. Covid would have been better, supposedly. My parents got covid and they weren’t out of it very long but this thing kicked the shit out of them for 2 weeks

      I got it a couple weeks later and I’ve never been so wiped the hell out for 10 straight days. And a couple more weeks to recover

      After seeing how people fared with covid and seeing what I went through with RSV, I’ll take as many RSV vaccines as I’m allowed to take for the rest of my life

      • MagicShel@programming.devEnglish
        6·
        10 months ago

        It was explained to me that RSV is a concern for adults more because they transmit it to young children who are at much greater risk from it. Most adults who get it don’t even know it from another routine illness (sounds like your parents were an exception). I’m not a doctor, this is just how it was explained to me.

    • SuzyQ@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      10 months ago

      I didn’t know it was a thing until my second child got it in 2012. He had recently turned 1, so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been (baby danger is for those 1 and younger). It took a while, but it cleared up. He was put on an emergency inhaler to help with the symptoms. I’m convinced that the RSV infection plus the fact that he was a small child (25th percentile for height and weight, but otherwise healthy) contributed to him developing asthma. His asthma doctor told me that is a very real possibility (there’s no way to know for certain). He’s gotten better as he’s gotten older, but I’m forever on edge with new respiratory infections.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      It’s not a new thing, but I think the shots were mainly given to kids in the past. But the symptoms can mimic Covid, so I think they have started advising more adults to get the shots.

      RSV isn’t a new thing, but the vaccine apparently is. See the reply. Below

        • Sassy@lemm.eeEnglish
          33·
          10 months ago

          You are 100% full of shit. The RSV vaccine has not caused infant deaths. Stop spreading vaccine fear without checking your facts.

          [https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-rsv-drug-nirsevimab-clinical-trials-babies-died-649869418399]

          A quick google search shows that the RSV vaccine was recently approved for babies. And I know for a fact the RSV vaccine was given to high risk infants last year.

          Edit: While I thank you for editing to remove the bullshit about the vaccine killing infants, referencing 2 vaccine deaths from a trial in the 1960s adds nothing to the conversation besides confusion.

            • Sassy@lemm.eeEnglish
              15·
              10 months ago

              You absolutely did say that the trials killed infants. You only suddenly started mentioning a trial from sixty fucking years ago because I called you out. How does an ancient trial have any bearing on today’s vaccines? Why bother? Why did you say specifically that vaccines were only approved for seniors when they have been approved for babies? What is your motive for spreading confusion?