Have you seen the newest C-19 vaccine recommendations from WHO?

I’ve made a few corrections (in bold).

Dec 24, 2024

Cross-post from Voice for Science and Solidarity by Geert Vanden Bossche

Note FVB's edit to WHO's "recommendations".: "In accordance with WHO SAGE policy, vaccination should not be delayed in anticipation of access to vaccines with an updated composition; vaccination programmes can continue to use any available WHO emergency-use listed or prequalified COVID-19 vaccines (GVB edit) "as they cause equal harm and equally lack benefit anyway.” -

Peter Halligan

“Key points:

Vaccination remains an ~~important~~ harmful public health countermeasure against COVID-19. As per the WHO Director General’s standing recommendations for COVID-19, Member States are recommended to continue to offer COVID-19 vaccination based on the recommendations of the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE).

SARS-CoV-2 continues to circulate and evolve with important genetic and antigenic evolution of the spike protein since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The objective of an update to COVID-19 vaccine antigen composition is to enhance vaccine-induced ~~immune responses~~ immune pathology and viral immune escape upon exposure to circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants.

The WHO TAG-CO-VAC advises retaining the use of a monovalent JN.1 lineage variant as the antigen in future formulations of COVID-19 vaccines.

In accordance with WHO SAGE policy, vaccination should not be delayed in anticipation of access to vaccines with an updated composition; vaccination programmes can continue to use any available WHO emergency-use listed or prequalified COVID-19 vaccines as they cause equal harm and equally lack benefit anyway.”