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

[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.