Now that they've been approved by the FDA, who should be getting the new COVID booster vaccines?
's announcement has led many to question the necessity of these booster vaccines, with others raising concerns about their safety. So what do the scientists say?Updated COVID-19 booster vaccines have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and could be available by the end of this week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will announce who should be getting these updated vaccinations.Vaccinations work by imitating an infection.
"This is a very, very low risk considering the much higher risk of myocarditis after COVID itself, which often is forgotten. If you're going to get COVID, you're at a much greater risk of getting myocarditis than after the vaccine," he said. However, the key point here is that the updated booster is not an entirely new vaccine—it is a minor tweak to the already existing ones."We know exactly what the safety profile of these vaccines is," Schaffner said."They are no longer new vaccines, and they have been scrutinized for safety, much more than many of the other vaccines that are currently available.""We have precedents for doing this," Schaffner said."Look at influenza.
"There are two schools of thought," Schaffner said."There's one school of thought that paints with a very broad brush. They say, Let's make this vaccine a routine recommendation for the broadest population that we can. In other words, let's remain consistent with what the current recommendations are, namely that everyone 6 months of age or older is eligible for this vaccine.
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