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.

  • TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Don’t care what it’s called. I think what most people just want to know are:

    • How effective is it?
    • How safe is it?
    • What is the risk without taking it? Maybe skip the semantics