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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.
- 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.
  
  You jest, but if I can't get a fall shot, I'm heading to Canada for a few days.
- I'm not 100% convinced this isn't the new eugenics.

They should call it the “Trump is in the Epstein Files” variant.
- As much as this is true, it's the biggest lost cause of lost causes. Epstein is dead and Trump is currently abusing more immigrant children using the government than he ever abused with his bff. I get some MAGAts found the courage to voice their frustrations with him using a common hatred of Epstein, but even if he proudly abused kids on live TV tomorrow, it wouldn't slow him down. The fascist media apparatus will probably adjust to make pedophilia a moot point long term, such that they'll still get to accuse trans people of it while openly marrying children.
  They've always been this way. They've always projected their own crimes onto others without any repercussions. People waking up to Trump and Epstein isn't actually that tied to Trump's friendship with Epstein

We'll be calling it the American virus soon!
- From what I heard the "Spanish" flu actually originated from Kansas.
  Spain was just the first country to ring the alarm, as no country wanted to admit to the disease during WW1 so the enemy wouldn't benefit from it.

I see they’re trying to distract people from protesting. Fuck that
- This Monday: https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

I'll get a vaccine as soon as it's available
How about you Americans? Ready to die?
- Chill bruh. The Americans here are most likely not even the ones that voted for that. And if you're not American, why do you even care? Asshole lol

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