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COVID rising fast in California, fueled by new 'Stratus' variant tied to Omicron

www.latimes.com COVID rising fast in California, fueled by new 'Stratus' variant tied to Omicron

COVID is once again climbing to troubling levels in California — a worrying trend as health officials attempt to navigate a vaccine landscape thrown into uncertainty by delays and decisions from the Trump administration.

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COVID rising fast in California, fueled by new 'Stratus' variant tied to Omicron

www.latimes.com /california/story/2025-08-26/covid-rising-fast-in-california-fueled-by-new-stratus-variant-tied-to-omicron

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Perfect time to ban all the vaccines for it
- This year, however, the Department of Health and Human Services led by vaccine skeptic Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has in effect delayed the rollout of this fall’s COVID shot.
  “Updated COVID-19 vaccines have been delayed this year due to federal policy changes, and we are awaiting [Food and Drug Administration] licensure of this season’s products,” the L.A. County Department of Public Health said in a statement to The Times. “This means availability in September may be later than what people experienced last fall.”
  Chin-Hong said that the timing of the vaccine rollout is in such flux and he recommends anyone at risk for severe complications from COVID who hasn’t been vaccinated in more than a year to get inoculated now.
  "If they haven’t gotten it in a year, just go ahead, maybe, get it now,” Chin-Hong said. “Because also, the vaccine that’s being proposed [for this fall] is relatively the same formula as last year. ... It’s less important to wait.”
  You should still be able to get the older version (as of now) at retail pharmacies if you can't get it through your doctor
  
  This means availability in September may be later than what people experienced last fall.
  While this is true, we know that Moderna and Pfizer's vaccines have their best effectiveness during the first four months (NovaVax's initial effectiveness is a bit less than either Moderna or Pfizer, but the protection also lasts a bit longer). And we know that the virus spreads most during indoor ventilation seasons, particularly winter due to holiday gatherings.
  Due to those calculations, I've been getting my autumn shot in mid October. Counting the initial two-weeks for the shot to stimulate my immune system, that gives me full protection for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and Valentine's Day. Effectiveness will fall off around the beginning of March, by which point we're hopefully past the main winter heating season.
  I just similar logic for my spring shot: I get vaxxed in early to mid May, giving me best protection over Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, and through the start of the new school year.
  
  You SHOULD, but at least here in NJ it's nowhere to be found.
  
  Shit, that sucks. Sorry, hope you can find somewhere. Might be worth a road trip to rural Pennsylvania.
  That's one of the very few advantages of living in a red state. Most resources are scarce, but I've never had vaccines run out bc sadly a large portion of the state just flat out refuses to be vaccinated.
  
  Vaccines have expiration dates, if pharmacies order too many one year they will order less the following one.
- The right created an entirely new industry for Americans, vaccine tourism.
  
  If they find out you left the country to use illegal drugs, they won't let you back in.
  
  Well that's just a full fucking win.
  
  More like you'll go to El Salvador or something
  
  You jest, but if I can't get a fall shot, I'm heading to Canada for a few days.
  
  just don't go to alberta
  
  This is good advice in general
  
  Haha! Make the Canadian taxpayer pay for your vaccine!
  
  As a Canadian taxpayer, I prefer this to covid running rampant right next door.
  
  I'm not positive, but I think I would be paying out of pocket for the shot, and I would be more than happy to do so.
  Also, Canada is a lovely country and I would love to spend more time there, so it works out all around :)
  
  Yeah, that's what we do
- I'm not 100% convinced this isn't the new eugenics.

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