Older adults and others at high risk will soon be able to get a second shot of the COVID-19 booster that targets the omicron variant.
, which is what some vaccine specialists have been urging — especially with the ample of supply of vaccines available.
"It's better than nothing," Hotez wrote in an email to NPR about the FDA's decision."I think 65 could be lowered to 50 or 55 unless they have specific data that only supports that age cutoff." "I have no data to show me that a second bivalent is safe and effective. I have every reason to think it might be. But I don't actually have data," says Dr.In addition, there's a theoretical possibility that it could kind of backfire — because the bivalent boosters target a strain that's already been replaced by a new one called XBB.1.5.
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