(CNN)US health officials are urgently working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults, a senior White House official confirmed to CNN on Monday. The US Food and Drug Administration is making it a high priority the official said. Second boosters have been authorized for adults 50 and older, as well as some people with weakened immune systems, since late March. But younger adults are eligible for only one booster shot, which was authorized in November. Federal agencies are looking to move quickly on authorizing a second booster for all adults, the source said.

Some experts are concerned that younger adults' immunity may be waning as Covid-19 cases rise with the dominance of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant. Reinfections are more likely with BA.5 than with any previous variants because of immune escape features, Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist and professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research, said on CNNI Monday.

Turns out when you have a vaccine only approach to a disease, keeping people vaccinated is important! Who could have predicted this?

  • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    wait a minute, didn't we already have a second round of boosters? I know I got a vaccine and 2 boosters

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      2 years ago

      you weren't supposed to get a 4th shot unless you were immunocompromised or over 50. They are now a urgently trying to approve a 4th shot for everyone since the 3rd shot was approved last November. Apparently they were operating under the theory that any infection that occurs in healthy under 50 year olds would be no big deal, and boost your immunity going forward. Which was an astoundingly stupid assumption to make.

      Good on anyone who lied and got a second booster they weren't authorized for, they're throwing away tons of shots.

      • BerserkPoster [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I seriously wish I lied and got a second booster. I'm sitting here with covid and a bunch of side effects after the main sickness has subsided... and I got 3 shots so far

      • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I got that shit like 6 months ago and the only real qualification I had for it was "food service worker"