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Why health officials aren't calling new COVID-19 vaccines boosters anymore (www.ctvnews.ca)
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When Health Canada on Tuesday approved Moderna’s updated Spikevax vaccine – designed to target Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 – health officials avoided labelling the latest shot a 'booster' during a technical briefing. Here’s why they say they’re dropping the word.

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[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Safe as the other 17 vaccines that you took in your life

Are they? How do you know? https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/commissioners-report/

That report seems to indicate that standards have changed in this country for approving mRNA vaccines. I'm curious to see if anyone will bother to address this report.

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure that Preston Manning is the most unbiased resource.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There's no such thing as an unbiased resource, so I read all the biased resources and see where it goes

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