The CDC once again continues to bungle its messaging, which is only going to fuel vaccination controversy and anti-vaxxer talking points.<p>According to the CDC, "The COVID-19 vaccines approved and authorized in the United States continue to be effective at reducing risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death."[1]<p>Walensky has repeated this[2]:<p>> “The evidence shows that all three COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the United States are safe — as demonstrated by the over 400 million vaccine doses already given," Walensky said.<p>> "They are all highly effective in reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalization, and death, even in the midst of the widely circulating Delta variant," she added.<p>If you have vaccines for which the initial series is "highly effective" at reducing the risk of severe disease, hospitalization and death, why would you tell people that you're considering changing the definition of "fully vaccinated" to exclude individuals who have received the initial series?<p>[1] <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-shot.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/booster-s...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.axios.com/cdc-guidance-boosters-mix-and-match-902c873a-e0ee-4dd7-808a-924e415463fa.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.axios.com/cdc-guidance-boosters-mix-and-match-90...</a>
I wonder if we'll see a kind of 'vaccine as a service' economy, in which our immune systems require regular maintenance to active threats (more so than flu shots.)<p>Not looking forward to it.
Question for the vaccinated: would you accept it if your government mandated annual COVID shots or they'll rescind your current freedoms (right to be employed, to use public transport, supermarkets, eat and drink venues, etc)?<p>I'm vaccinated and even though my country hasn't got you're-not-allowed-to-do-anything-unless-you're-vaccinated authoritarianism like Lithuania for example, I would want off this ride if things go in that direction.
Taking into account booster recommendations would be the best kind of correct, but is going to further increase the complexity and dilemmas associated with nonmedical personnel being asked to screen individuals' vaccination status.
What is the probability that one will catch COVID at all AND if one does, what is the probability of serious illness or death FROM COVID not with COVID? Spend some time on the CDC website and quit listening to bureaucrats, politicians and the media.