While President Biden and US health officials are urging Americans to get the latest Covid vaccine, a fifth shot in less than two years, Australia is doing the opposite.
With Covid cases quickly growing “down under,” health authorities there are advising people not to get a fifth shot. The reason? “[E]vidence from Singapore’s recent wave showed that severe illness and death were rare among the vaccinated and that a fifth shot had minimal impact on virus transmission.”
That revelation isn’t news. It’s long been established that the Covid vaccines don’t prevent transmission, infection, or illness; and that Covid is not a serious illness for the vast majority, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
[E]vidence from Singapore’s recent wave showed that severe illness and death were rare among the vaccinated and that a fifth shot had minimal impact on virus transmission.
Australian health officials’ rationale for recommending against latest Covid vaccine
The following is an excerpt from Reuters via Medscape:
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian health authorities have recommended against getting a fifth COVID-19 vaccine shot, even as they urged those eligible to sign up for their remaining booster doses as the country’s latest COVID wave grows rapidly.
Average daily cases had been 47% higher last week than the week before, said Health Minister Mark Butler at a press conference on Tuesday, announcing new vaccination recommendations. But cases remain 85% below the previous peak, of late July.
Butler said the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisations (ATAGI) had recommended against a fifth dose, or third booster, after evidence from Singapore’s recent wave showed that severe illness and death were rare among the vaccinated and that a fifth shot had minimal impact on virus transmission.
“ATAGI has considered international evidence as well as the local data around vaccination numbers, as well as case numbers in the pandemic and decided not to recommend a fifth dose,” said Butler.
“They noted that severe disease and death during that wave in Singapore was very rare for people who had had at least two doses of vaccine for COVID.”
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