Here comes that politics thing again. Somehow, I suspect a certain brand of politico will twist this into something like: "Even the WHO says vaccines aren't that big deal..."
WaPo: (freebie)
A World Health Organization advisory group has decided against endorsing a broad-based global rollout of coronavirus vaccine booster shots. The experts reiterated the wide disparity in access to vaccines between rich and poor countries and continued to recommend that first vaccine doses remain the priority.
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) chair, Alejandro Cravioto, said in a media briefing Thursday that vaccines provide a robust level of protection and should remain the focus, amid unequal global distribution. However, the WHO has previously made exceptions and endorsed booster or third doses for those who are immunocompromised or have received an inactivated coronavirus vaccine. Johnson & Johnson, whose one-shot coronavirus vaccine is inactivated, announced Thursday that the WHO has recommended that people who were initially immunized with its product get a booster.
Many higher-income countries, including the United States, are scrambling to dole out extra shots to their populations in response to the emergence of the omicron variant. However, WHO experts say there is insufficient data on the variant to demonstrate that boosters are necessary.
Here’s what to know
- Federal regulators authorized booster shots of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds, a step that officials said could help tame the emerging omicron variant.
- In Virginia, local officials are pushing coronavirus boosters and masks as omicron lands.
- Long covid is destroying careers and leaving economic distress in its wake. Do you think you’re experiencing long-haul covid symptoms? Share your experience with The Post.
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