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BBC: Vaccine Booster Schedule Accelerated to 3 Months

by _red on 11/29/21, 9:39 PM with 7 comments

• by tomohawk on 11/29/21, 10:22 PM

  We don't actually have a new booster that takes omicron into account, but better safe than sorry! Let us know how it goes!

• by Ambolia on 11/29/21, 9:42 PM

  This Omicron variant seems like an obvious coverup for vaccine failure now that flu-season is here. But I may be wrong.

  I mean it probably exists as a variant, but there are many variants and probably nothing special about this one except marketing because it's politically convenient.

• by stuaxo on 11/30/21, 3:12 AM

  Still nothing for kids under 12, while in the US 5 and up can be vaccinated.

  Still masks only in school corridors, but not in classrooms. Still no masks or mitigations at all in primary schools.

  The fake grass roots group "Us4them" has the ear of MPs, to try and push herd immunity via kids in schools.

• by melling on 11/29/21, 10:03 PM

  “The gap between second doses and boosters is also being reduced from six to three months”

  I think I’m at 7 months. I was going to get the booster but with Omicron perhaps it’s better to wait?

  Maybe the idea is that we’re getting a second booster after the vaccine is adjusted for the new variant?