The government is pleading for Americans to get another COVID-19 shot this fall, but President Biden's messaging has shifted.
President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in the Indian Treaty Room on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The government is pleading for Americans to get another COVID-19 shot this fall, but President Biden’s messaging has shifted.
“They’d like to analogize this with the ho-hum updating of the flu vaccine each year — don’t think about it, just get it,” said William Schaffner, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University. “They’re trying to routine-ize it and not focus on the number of shots and all that.” Paul Mango, a top official at the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration, said the administration is “walking a fine line between making sure there is no significant flare-up, but also not reminding the American people that COVID may be back.”But dropping the emergency footing and repeated scoldings could also mean fewer people get the shots.
“I believe most Americans are ‘over’ COVID and do not wish to deal with it any longer. Attitudes are hardened,” Mr. Mango said. “Those who may be particularly vulnerable should and will likely get the updated injection, but most should not and will not. Given the hardened positions, I doubt the nomenclature change will have any impact.”While scientists say the risk calculus tilts in favor of the vaccine, lingering reports of adverse reactions have scared away many people.
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