Yeah we're going into flu season soon. And covid vaccines actually should be updated even more often than flu.

Yah while I'm aware of the situation and what's been said, what has been said wasn't exactly from a highly reputable source, it wasn't even from the DHHS, it was someone who "talked to" RFK, and somehow every news outlet picked it up.

That all said, it could indeed happen, the administration is unhinged and a spike in covid deaths would be great for their plan of manufactured chaos, but they also have a much longer track-record of leaking crazy implications in order to fuck with the valuation of stocks.

They may also be planning to do the Chairman Trump thing again and leverage their threats for a 10% cut of Moderna and Pfizer's profits. I just don't see them cutting off a profitable company for no other reason than an-anti vax narrative they never really cared about, and just pushed to fleece the country's stupidest fucks.

All in all, it's way too unverified and unpredictable to know for sure what's going to happen, however this infographic/poster thing is really terrible. It's framed like an announcement, posted in first-person, and has no links or sources. It's so terrible I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone in the administration made it and leaked it also.

Go get your boosters/vaccines and your kid's vaccines anyway, it shouldn't take this to do the right thing.

There's more people in the US. Plust the US is not collectively vaccinating people

I'm Swedish, live in France.

Here: vaccinate vaccinate vaccinate, in Sweden : meh do whatever.

Also Swedish people: hello neighbor please you're only 5 meters away from me it makes me uncomfortable.

In the meantime in France: Hello friends and neighbours, kiss kiss kiss kiss!

On a more serious note, Sweden had the medical capacity that France didn't have, which is one of the big reasons in the very different response to the pandemic in those two countries.

I saw a study the other day that mentioned that Sweden during the pandemic had a median time of 30 days sick leave for those who had Covid.

In the US that would be rare if not impossible for a lot of people. I would think if someone could get a shot that would lessen symptoms or duration in a country that has such a poor health care safety net it might be worth while.

Cant speak for the US, but in general, Covid is still more dangerous during the acute infection than the flu and also causes much larger numbers of post-viral sequelae. Those are all potential reasons to recommend the vaccine, which can reduce the severity of both

Same in Germany. Last year I asked some people who got vaccinated if they think I also should get another shot and all of them told me that I'm not in a vulnerable group (or a caretaker) so I shouldn't bother. So we basically repeat what we know from the normal flu (influenza) and just vaccinate vulnerable people. I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it, because I think many people die each year of the flu as well. However, death statistics are hard and I couldn't find any reliable data on this either.

It very likely has been a problem and is just being underreported.

A single infection often doesn't cause much harm, but those who have constant exposure and infections (teachers especially) are having major health problems. It's barely mentioned outside of science papers.

i tried asking for meningicoccal vaccine, but im not at risk so i wasnt given one, or the hpv one,. i was asked about the chickenpox vaxxine once, but i had CPOX when i was young, and shingles when i was 20. i had the vax for it, i dint know, but it appears it doesnt stop or reduce the severity of HZ.

I read that it's still effective because the latest version is an ofspin of one strand compatible with the vaccine.

They actually make some planes from composites now. You should see the 787! Then again American made Boeing planes tend to crash or have other safety issues so maybe don't go and see one.