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In a nod to the ongoing risk #[0] poses to millions of Americans, CDC recommended adults 65 & older & those w weakened immune systems receive another dose of reformulated #[1] that debuted last fall. Eligible Americans will be able to receive booster doses immediately. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/health/covid-boosters-seniors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
2/ Federal health officials are also phasing out the original #[0] formulas created by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, revoking their authorizations in the United States. And instead of needing an initial series of two shots, unvaccinated people will now require just a single dose of the reformulated, or “bivalent,” Covid shot to be considered vaccinated.
3/ Limited data on the reformulated vaccines indicate that in older adults, the shots offer additional protection against severe disease and death from Covid, although the protection wanes rapidly in the weeks after inoculation.
