We should talk more about the fact that COVID-19 was a mass traumatic event. A lot of the problems we face right now are very real. They are are exacerbated by an un-named societal PTSD. A PTSD none of us claims for ourselves b/c it belongs to everyone & thus seemingly to no one.
— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) February 28, 2024
Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, advisers say https://t.co/UlbQT8WPaj
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 28, 2024
You’ve probably already seen this news, since it dropped just hours after last week’s post — Per NBC, “CDC recommends spring Covid booster for older adults”:
People at higher risk for the most severe complications of Covid — primarily those ages 65 and older — should get a booster shot this spring, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
The CDC’s recommendation came hours after the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in support of the extra dose.
Another round of the vaccine given within the next few months would offer the best protection possible, the advisers said, ahead of another likely rise in illness this summer.
Over the past four years, there’s tended to be both a winter and a summer wave of Covid, with cases peaking in January and August, respectively, according to the CDC…
The additional dose should be given at least four months after a previous dose for healthy older adults, or at least three months after a Covid infection. People with compromised immune systems may need additional shots…
The spring booster will be the same shot that was approved last fall, which was formulated to target the XBB.1.5 subvariant. The vaccine is effective against the JN.1 subvariant, which is currently causing the vast majority — more than 96% — of new Covid infections in the United States…
U.S. health officials drop 5-day isolation time for COVID-19 https://t.co/H5AjmDFrNJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 1, 2024
Acceding to the inevitable, *sigh*:
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