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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 17:24:51 JST clacke

   • Laffy

   My latest covid illness or vaccination was when I was ill in late May. That means I'll look at getting a vaccination in late November. Will the updated vaccines be out by then? I didn't click to check which stage trial the linked post talking about.

   The company usually vaccinates against flu around that time. I wonder if they'll do both this time.
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     Glitzersachen.de (glitzersachen@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 20:15:01 JST Glitzersachen.de

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     • Laffy

     @clacke @GottaLaff
     Accordind to my doctor, new vaccine will be rolled out in October (in DE).

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:25:57 JST Laffy

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     @clacke Flu vaccines are out already.

     COVID vax is supposed to be released by next week in the US.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:25:57 JST clacke

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     I haven't been keeping up with this, but apparently people were initially very worried about this BA.2.86, a descendant of BA.2 which I seem to remember contributed to one of the waves here and which is itself an Omicron descendant.

     However, BA.2.86 turned out milder than feared in practice and instead it seems a strain called EG.5 is a major driving strain. Existing serums and coming vaccines seem to be covering the latest strains relatively well.

     arstechnica.com/health/2023/09…

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 08-Sep-2023 00:26:35 JST clacke

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     The mRNA vaccine used here is BioNTech. They have released a statement similar to that from Moderna, that BA.2.86 is well covered.

     fortune.com/2023/09/06/moderna…