New Covid vaccines are coming to the U.S. this fall, but uptake may be low — Here’s why

3 years ago by Haus to c/news

Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax are slated to deliver new single-strain Covid shots targeting the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 in September.

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explodingkitchen 25 points 3 years ago

IMO, if they're going to make a push for it to be an annual thing, it would be a good idea if the shot were available before school starts in the fall.

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hamster 7 points 3 years ago

They want you to be the most protected during winter.

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athos77 7 points 3 years ago

This is true, but we also know that kids are a disease vector that especially kicks in after every break, and that adults seem to be more vulnerable than kids.

Messaging on this would suck, but I'd love to see split vaccinations, with kids getting vaccinated in late August. That way, they're less likely to vector the disease and we might tamp down the winter surge, and their 'prime' resistance would run through Christmas. And adults getting vaccinated at the end of October, with their 'prime' resistance running from just before Thanksgiving through the end of the winter heating season.

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Surp 1 point 3 years ago

What winter? It stopped snowing where I live that has historically snowed most of my life minus the last few years 😭

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ono 0 points 3 years ago

Given that all covid vaccines have lost most of their efficacy in just a few months, once a year doesn't seem like enough.

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