Questions Remain About What SARS-CoV-2 Variants Should Go Into the Annual COVID-19 Vaccines Proposed by the FDA | FDA proposes one single vaccine per year. [JAMA]

From the beginning, a scorecard might have come in handy for keeping track of the whos, whats, and whens of COVID-19 vaccination.

...Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic and more than 2 years since vaccines became available, however, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to get down to 1 vaccine dose per year for most people, following an annual review of the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants du jour to determine the shot’s optimal makeup.
Under the FDA’s proposed plan, everyone’s annual vaccine,
administered in the fall, would be composed of the same variant or variants, no matter whether it’s their 1st or 5th or 15th dose. (“I think this virus is going to be with us forever,” vaccine expert Paul Offit, MD, said in an interview.)

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