WHO says COVID boosters needed, reversing previous call

[BlueWavePsych]

Source: ABC news

GENEVA -- An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid the global spread of omicron, capping a reversal of the U.N. agency’s repeated insistence last year that boosters weren't necessary and contributed to vaccine inequity.

In a statement, WHO said its expert group concluded that immunization with authorized COVID-19 vaccines provide high levels of protection against severe disease and death amid the continuing spread of the hugely contagious omicron variant. WHO eased back on its earlier position in January by saying boosters were recommended once countries had adequate supplies and after protecting their most vulnerable.

It said vaccination, including the use of boosters, was especially important for people at risk of severe disease.

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Numerous scientific studies have proven that booster doses of authorized vaccines help restore waning immunity and protect against serious COVID-19. Booster programs in rich countries including Britain, Canada and the U.S. have been credited with preventing the surge in omicron infections from spilling over into hospitals and cemeteries.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/covid-boosters-needed-reversing-previous-call-83315025

[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[IronLionZion]

2. to boost the signal in our tracking chips

that's why there's a global chip shortage

[Initech]

6. Don't tell the Q nuts that!

[Tetrachloride]

3. I got my 3rd finally, 6 months to the day since second shot

For the first time, it was mRrna type. Previously I had Sinovac, which was before Omicron appeared

[IronLionZion]

5. Why/how did you get Sinovac?

[Tetrachloride]

8. To my knowledge, I didn't have a choice in the city of Hurghada on the Red Sea

the mRNA types were probably in the high risk areas of the Nile Delta and Luxor city. although i know guy who got Pfizer way before.

I had to go a few miles north of the main city. More isolated but cramped building. But closer to an upper class village

[IronLionZion]

11. I guess you're an American living in Egypt

it's good that people there are getting vaccinated

[Tetrachloride]

12. yes and yes

Vaccination rate is 45-50 percent (i forgot the exact data).

Moreover the whole city is about tourists, very largely northern European from West to you know where

To be sure, every neighborhood has a unique aspect

[Bleacher Creature]

4. I don't know. Who said that??

And is he or she on first??

[Lucky Luciano]

9. What?

[Initech]

7. I'll take any and all boosters needed to prevent another lockdown!

[abqtommy]

13. You betcha! It's good to see The WHO finally catching up to the science and the rest of

us too.

[geardaddy]

10. Got my fourth shot

(second booster) last week.

[ShazzieB]

14. We can get a fourth shot now? I want!

[LisaL]

15. You are allowed to get a fourth shot in US if you are

immuno compromised.

[ShazzieB]

16. Thanks for the info.

Based on this, I don't qualify, unless they change the guidelines. Still glad to know that ths extra help is now available for the immunocompromsed.

[geardaddy]

18. Yep,

I'm a renal transplant patient

[geardaddy]

17. I was allowed to

because I had a kidney transplant and I'm on immunosuppression medication.