What the actual fuck.

[conuly]

There's a proposal to limit the new covid vaccine booster to people over age 75 and immune-compromised people. This is on very short notice and not getting a lot of attention, but the proposal is open for comments until tomorrow. That's 9/8/23.

I left a comment here. It wasn't much of a comment, granted, but - well, seriously, I'm just glad I managed something better than "what the actual fuck".

_{Information and first paragraph taken from redbird}

Comments

[redbird]

Thank you.

[dine]

I left a comment! hopefully, they don't stick with this limitation

[dewline]

Well, that's just terrifying.

[readerjane]

I dunno, I think “What the actual fuck” Is exactly cogent and forceful enough.

[shadowkat]

WTF? Why? Do they have limited supplies?

[conuly]

Right!?

[shadowkat]

Okay commented. I was annoyed.

[brokenallbroken]

Not sure if my comment was coherent or not, but I think I got "this is bad science and y'all suck" across. Thank you for the alert.

[gwydion]

I made my argument. This is insanity.

[mtbc]

There isn't planned to be general availability here in the UK either later this year, though with a lower age boundary I think, can't even get it privately. It feels so blind of them.

[jo]

It's not "cost-effective", apparently, to offer it to everyone (for free): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/08/autumn-covid-booster-britain-uk-vaccine-long-covid-economy

But you may be able to get it privately in 2024: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/17/covid-booster-jabs-approved-for-sale-to-uk-public

[dewline]

It feels all too eugenic, rather than blind.

[silveradept]

Despite knowing everything they do about what's going on, the spread, the mutations, and all the rest, they want to restrict access to a new booster? That's not smart.

(Had already left a comment with them by the time I saw the post.)

[sgatazmy]

Seriously??????? That’s just awful.

[movingfinger]

This is like the refusal to prescribe Paxlovid. Who is benefiting from people being sick and sicker?