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Annual COVID Shots Coming Soon?

  • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering changing its Covid-19 vaccine strategy in an effort to keep up with an ever-changing virus and eliminate the old “fully vaccinated” model whereby one receives two shots of the original vaccine, followed by regular booster shots.
  • The goal is to eliminate the original vaccines and to adopt an approach similar to the flu vaccine, where annually-updated shots are administered that match the strain that is predicted to be the most prevalent, according to a federal official who spoke to NPR under the condition of anonymity.
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