Flu committee meeting for next Fall is cancelled

[rambot]

I think we may be finding out the efficacy of flu vaccines on the elderly in the coming years but doing a control group.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/heal...eled-without-explanation/index.html#webview=1
It's a concern because:

The meeting of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, is held every March “to pick flu strains, because it’s a six-month production cycle for a vaccine released in September,” Dr. Paul Offit, a member of VRBPAC, told CNN Wednesday.

[my bold]
Good luck American Septegenarians!

I'm glad my 83 year old parents live in Canada where the flu vaccine will still be available (and free). Although we live in Alberta where the government doesn't actually care if my parents get the vaccines; they still grudgingly provide it (knowing, probably that they are likely conservative voters anyways).

 

[dogs4thewin]

I think we may be finding out the efficacy of flu vaccines on the elderly in the coming years but doing a control group.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/heal...eled-without-explanation/index.html#webview=1
It's a concern because:

[my bold]
Good luck American Septegenarians!

I'm glad my 83 year old parents live in Canada where the flu vaccine will still be available (and free). Although we live in Alberta where the government doesn't actually care if my parents get the vaccines; they still grudgingly provide it (knowing, probably that they are likely conservative voters anyways).

Well, really and until this year I usually got the vaccine but really the flu vaccine is a crap shoot anyway because they are guessing Now, granted they are educated guesses ,however, if it turns it that the common strains are not covered or if it turns out that a particular person somehow gets a strain that is never covered then the vaccine really does no good,

 

[durangodawood]

From the article:

“A planned March 13 meeting of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on the influenza vaccine strains for the 2025-2026 influenza season in the northern hemisphere has been cancelled,” the agency said. “The FDA will make public its recommendations to manufacturers in time for updated vaccines to be available for the 2025-2026 influenza season.”

Finally. Enough of scientists and other liberal elite experts. Influenza vaccine content should be determined by new staffers properly loyal to the president!

 

[rambot]

Well, really and until this year I usually got the vaccine but really the flu vaccine is a crap shoot anyway because they are guessing Now, granted they are educated guesses ,however, if it turns it that the common strains are not covered or if it turns out that a particular person somehow gets a strain that is never covered then the vaccine really does no good,

Agreed. But I'll still take a vaccine with a probability to work over, nahhhh...we don't need vaccines.

 

[DaisyDay]

Well, really and until this year I usually got the vaccine but really the flu vaccine is a crap shoot anyway because they are guessing Now, granted they are educated guesses ,however, if it turns it that the common strains are not covered or if it turns out that a particular person somehow gets a strain that is never covered then the vaccine really does no good,

True, they won't know which competing strain will become the most prominent, they have found that the flu shot provides some protection against related strains. It is definitely not "no good". If you've ever gotten the flu, you would want to avoid getting it again, full force.

No, really, get a flu shot: Frequently asked questions about the flu vaccine - UChicago Medicine

Infectious diseases expert Allison Bartlett, MD is here to answer your questions about the flu vaccine, including when to get it and why it's important.

www.uchicagomedicine.org

 

[Aryeh Jay]

JFKjr has been working on solutions for the flu. Just give it Time.

 

[RileyG]

True, they won't know which competing strain will become the most prominent, they have found that the flu shot provides some protection against related strains. It is definitely not "no good". If you've ever gotten the flu, you would want to avoid getting it again, full force.

No, really, get a flu shot: Frequently asked questions about the flu vaccine - UChicago Medicine

Infectious diseases expert Allison Bartlett, MD is here to answer your questions about the flu vaccine, including when to get it and why it's important.

www.uchicagomedicine.org

To my knowledge, I’ve never had the flu, but you said it perfectly!