The EU is failing at covid vaccines. In the U.S. anyone over 12 can get B.A4&5-tailored booster now and 5–11-year-olds next month. In the EU, B.A1-tailored some time later for the elderly. In the U.S. & Canada, 0.5–4-year-olds can get vaccinated, in the EU πŸ¦—πŸ¦—πŸ¦— from EMA.
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Replying to @hsivonen
In the US, I suspect the reason *anyone over 12 who wants to* can get a BA.4/BA.5 booster is that not many people want to. It was pretty quiet where I got vaccinated yesterday and I can't imagine they could roll out this quickly if there was more demand.
L. David Baron @dbaron@w3c.social @davidbaron
8 Sep 2022
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Replying to @davidbaron @hsivonen
That said, I haven't actually seen the numbers for how many shots have been distributed.
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So if more people we willing to be vaccinated, the limiting factor would be doses manufactures/distributed and not the labor availability qualified to inject them?
Replying to @davidbaron @hsivonen
I was one of maybe 3 people in a huge center yesterday getting my booster in Athens, Greece. In January there were like 50-70 people waiting.
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In Finland, while waiting for bivalent doses, the limiting factor isn’t doses in stock. They are at risk of expiring. The limiting factor is gatekeeper unwilling to recommend. As it happens, the gatekeeper also conducts research on duration of immunity.
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