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When Health Canada on Tuesday approved Moderna’s updated Spikevax vaccine – designed to target Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 – health officials avoided labelling the latest shot a 'booster' during a technical briefing. Here’s why they say they’re dropping the word.

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[–] TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Don’t care what it’s called. I think what most people just want to know are:

  • How effective is it?
  • How safe is it?
  • What is the risk without taking it?

Maybe skip the semantics

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
  • more than not
  • safe as the 17 other vaccines you took in your life.
  • death.

The risk with taking it is death, but not as likely because the COVID risk is reduced.

Look. You can trust the experts or you can vilify them. Our PHA isn't paid to push drugs. They get paid whether you in particular take the vaccine or not; and if you don't, it's a vaccine - and maybe a house and a job - that's given to someone else after you.

[–] petersr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So if I take it I die at some point and if I don't I also die at some point - I am not getting out of this alive, am I?

[–] smollittlefrog 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Thats what they were getting at

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Safe as the other 17 vaccines that you took in your life

Are they? How do you know? https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/commissioners-report/

That report seems to indicate that standards have changed in this country for approving mRNA vaccines. I'm curious to see if anyone will bother to address this report.

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure that Preston Manning is the most unbiased resource.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

There's no such thing as an unbiased resource, so I read all the biased resources and see where it goes

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And... When is it actually available?

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I heard by the end of the month.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

If they don't get it soon it won't matter as people will just end up with the new virus instead