@adamcancryn Fauci says clinical efficacy data on the updated boosters (bivlaent) was just released by CDC. says its quite good but doesn't say what it is.
@adamcancryn now .@AshishKJha46 is up --- maybe he'll brief on the new CDC data??
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 looks like Jha is focusing on new "six week sprint" WH is pushing to get more people up to date on COVID vaccines. again trying to particualrly hone in on most at risk populations.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 from CDC: In this study of vaccine effectiveness of the U.S.-authorized bivalent mRNA boosterd, bivalent boosters provided significant additional protection against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in persons who had previously received 2, 3, or 4 monovalent vaccine doses.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 CDC: Due to waning immunity of monovalent doses, the benefit of the bivalent booster increased with time since receipt of the most recent monovalent vaccine dose.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 have to look at what actual numbers are here.... Jha again talking about how for Majority of Americans staying up to date should be just a once a year shot. a lot of experts have told me too early to promise that.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 question for Jha - why is this new vax spring necessary? are numbers lagging? -- Jha says no though I think others would argue the numbers are quite a bit lower than we want to see.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 Fauci asked why flu is so bad this year. Fauci says get your flu vax it is well matched to circulating strains this year. when you have seasons of low flu, then people doing more stuff with less infectious disease protections
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 on what should americans remember re his service, Faucis says although COVID is really important its a fragment of 40 years of service. every day for all those years I've given all I had and never left everything on the field.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 Fauci - you can never defiinitvely say what to expect - with covid trends in next few weeks/months. we're hoping with combination of past infections, boosts etc. we won't see repeat of what we saw last winter at this time.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 one of the few reporters wearing a mask on camera asks why we are not talking about the importance of mask wearing.
@adamcancryn @AshishKJha46 Fauci : masking is 1 of the things we can do to protect oursevles. not talking about mandates he says - indicates we are talking about individual risk assesment. Masking is important. It shouldn't be a perjorative world. you shouldn't feel guilty wearing a mask you look terrifc.