Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 135 COVID pandemic update. There are many new SARS-CoV-2 variants showing up around the world, and they are all competing to be the winner in the virus lottery. We should expect subsequent waves, and that seems more likely than not given the fact that much of the world has taken a more relaxed view of COVID infections – eschewing the simplest public health and personal hygiene measures because, “the pandemic is over.” Yeah, right.
Below is an item from today’s TMA Medical News Roundup. It is relevant to my recent post regarding Adult Immunizations.
CDC Panel Recommends COVID-19 Shots Be Added To 2023 Childhood And Adult Vaccination Schedules
Bloomberg (10/20, Rutherford, Milton) reports “COVID-19 shots should be added to the 2023 childhood and adult vaccination schedules, according to” the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The panel “voted 15-0 on Thursday to recommend COVID-19 shots from Moderna Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Novavax Inc.”
The AP (10/20, Stobbe) reports this “decision has no immediate effect,” but instead would “put the shots on the annually updated, formal lists of what vaccinations [physicians] should be routinely offering to their patients, alongside shots for polio, measles and hepatitis.”