The COVID-19 pandemic was altered this week—not by a variant or molecule, but a panel of experts. “This is really going to simplify things, benefit public health. But on either end of the COVID-19 vaccine rhetoric spectrum are people misled by the total efficacy of available products like Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines. Whatever sentiments and hopes were expressed in the early outbreak days of 2020, we were never eradicating the virus; vaccines were never getting that toothpaste back in the tube. ReferencesCosdon N. FDA Advisory Committee Votes to Unify the Strain Composition of COVID-19 Primary and Booster Vaccines.

Source: New York Times January 29, 2023 22:53 UTC