Just a few hours left to submit comments to the #CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices #ACIP regarding making updated #COVID #vaccinations available for all. Make your voice heard! #CovidIsNotOver
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/CDC-2023-0060-0001

Government: It's your choice how to protect yourself against #COVID.
Me: Great! I choose to follow the science and get vaccinated every six months even if I have to pay for it out of pocket.
G: No, not like that.
#CovidCautious #CDC #FDA #ACIP #vaccinate

#ACIP foregoes a stronger "should" recommendation, votes that adults 60 & older "may" get an #RSV vaccine if they & their health-care provider deem it of value to them.
This would not have been the recommendation #GSK & #Pfizer were hoping for.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/21/cdc-advisory-panel-recommends-seniors-may-get-rsv-vaccine/

URGENT: tell the CDC *today* that you want vaccines 2x a year for COVID, and why. #CDC #ACIP #Vaccines #Boosters #ItsOurShot #COVIDisNotOver #MaskVaxCleanTheAir
https://peoplescdc.substack.com/p/today-comment-on-vaccines-to-the

An FDA advisory committee voted to recommend use of AstraZeneca & Sanofi nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody, to protect young kids from #RSV.
The full day meeting was about safety & efficacy; debate about costs & implementation challenges will come when this gets to #ACIP. https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/08/fda-advisers-recommend-approval-of-monoclonal-antibody-to-protect-newborns-and-young-children-from-rsv/

Listening to ACIP meeting on the candidate infant RSV immunization called "nirsevimab". It's not technically a vaccine, its a monoclonal antibody studied for 5 months post injection.

An interesting tidbit is that adverse events would not be reported to VAERS as it is a biologic drug, technically. It is the FDA's adverse event reporting system that would monitor its safety.

#FDA #CDC #ACIP #vaccines #RSV

When H3N2 viruses are dominant in a #flu season, expectations lower about how well flu shots are going to work. This year the shot exceeded expectations. But with flu vaccine, it's all relative. #ACIP https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/22/flu-shot-provided-relatively-robust-level-of-protection-this-year-data-show/

Why the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends initiating #HPV vaccine at age 9

".. the goals of #ACIP and #AAP with regard to HPV vaccination are the same:
📌 to prevent HPV-related diseases and #cancers..."

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2022.2146434

Voting on #vaccines at #ACIP (#CDC). Not sufficiently tested, 100% approve. After that they discuss their concerns for heart attacks and herpes - for the record.
https://youtu.be/7UzQqan3uF8