Tag: boosters

UK Government Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Healthy People Under 50

People under 50 without conditions that put them at risk from COVID-19 will soon not be able to get a COVID-19 booster, the United Kingdom government announced on Jan. 25. Uptake in the under-50 population has been extremely low since early 2022 and the government is accepting a recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination…


Quebec Public Health Officials Recommend Province End Boosters For Those Under 60

Quebec public health officials are recommending to Premier François Legault’s government that people under 60 years of age should not receive boosters, CBC reports. On Jan. 18, Radio-Canada reported that under a new vaccination strategy from the Quebec Immunization Committee, which has not yet been approved by the government, booster doses will continue to be offered…


Why Do Vaccinated People Represent Most COVID-19 Deaths Right Now?

In Sept. 2021, President Joe Biden declared a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” and blamed this on the roughly 80 million Americans who failed to get the COVID-19 shot. However, by 2022, vaccinated people made up the majority of the population, with about 79 percent of adults having completed at least their initial shots. The most…


COVID Boosters Trigger Metastasis

Oncology doctors are sounding the alarm – the COVID boosters appear to be triggering metastasis. Patient after patient in stable remission are now suddenly experiencing an explosive relapse, triggering the appearance of new tumors just days or weeks after being forced to have a booster. STORY AT-A-GLANCE Cancer rates have increased since the introduction of…


Boosted Worse Off Than Vaccinated in Many States, Data Show

People in the United States who have received COVID-19 boosters in many states are more likely than those who have gotten just a primary series to get infected, receive hospital care, and die, according to an Epoch Times investigation. Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among the boosted have been increasing since the booster shots were first…


Nursing Home Workers Not Accepting Boosters

Prior Institutional Outbreaks, Worker to Patient Transmission, Senior Mortality all not Enough to Convince Administration and Staff–What is Holding Them Back? When was the last time you have seen a news clip on COVID-19 and nursing home patients? How about one of the COVID-19 vaccinations taken by a nursing home worker? I cannot remember one…


New COVID-19 Boosters Just 30 Percent Effective, Study Finds

The new COVID-19 vaccine boosters barely provide any protection against infection, according to a new study. The boosters, from Pfizer and Moderna, were just 30 percent effective in preventing infection, researchers with the Cleveland Clinic found. The effectiveness falls below the 50 percent effectiveness required by the World Health Organization and originally recommended by the…


New COVID-19 Boosters Effective Against Hospitalization: CDC Studies

The updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters are effective against hospitalization, at least for a short period of time, according to two new studies from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Pfizer and Moderna bivalent boosters were estimated to be 57 percent effective against COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among adults without certain serious health conditions,…


FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Babies, Toddlers

U.S. drug regulators on Dec. 8 announced emergency clearance for two COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months of age. The updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are now able to be administered to younger children after previously only being available to those 5 and older, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…


Biden Administration to Launch Renewed Effort to Convince Americans to Get New, Unproven Boosters

President Joe Biden and his administration are launching a renewed campaign to convince Americans to get the new, unproven COVID-19 vaccine boosters, with Biden scheduled to get one on Oct. 25. The campaign involves a fresh slate of advertisements, pop-up events, and a flurry of emails, the White House said. The U.S. Department of Health and…