Brandon Guerrero, a 34-year-old from Compton, rocked up at CVS in Huntington Park on August 28, 2024, to get himself both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine. The dude was on a mission to protect himself from all the germs floating around, you know? Christina House managed to snap a pic for the Los Angeles Times, capturing Brandon in action.
The Food and Drug Administration dropped some new guidelines on Tuesday, laying down the law for future Covid-19 vaccine boosters. They’re getting real strict about who can get these boosters, especially if you’re one of those healthy types. The FDA is all about that evidence-based decision-making, depending on how likely you are to get super sick from Covid. Marty Makary, the FDA Commissioner, and Vinay Prasad, a big critic of Big Pharma, teamed up to drop this knowledge bomb in the New England Journal of Medicine.
For the oldies aged 65 and up, and even the young’uns as little as 6 months old with certain health issues, the FDA is cool with just seeing some immunogenicity data. Basically, they wanna know if the vaccine can kickstart a strong antibody response. But if you’re a healthy adult between 6 months and 64 years old with no risk factors, you better believe the FDA wants to see some hardcore proof from those randomized, controlled trials. They’re talking about actual outcomes here, like fewer infections and hospitalizations, before they give the green light on a shot. It’s all about making sure the benefits outweigh the risks, you feel me?
