Originally Posted by
Xeptu
it is also dependant on there being no change to the virus itself, should there be a breakout strain, (roughly every 6 months) ,
Why can’t this be dealt with like the flu vaccine?
A new version of the flu vaccine is currently released every 6 months to coincide with the Northern and Southern Hemisphere winters. No reason why a COVID booster couldn’t be released along the same time frame in the future.
The problem is getting it into peoples arms. For that we need to move away from the complex and overly bureaucratic rollout with the current vaccine. Major employers should be able to offer it direct to their staff in the workplace. Schools could give it at school (like other vaccines already). We could even set up mass walk in clinics in the major shopping centres!! Go get your groceries and walk out vaccinated!!
Most of these processes already exist for all the other vaccines we get. I don’t see why the COVID vaccine should be any different.
I’m sure we will get there, Australia just has to reinvent the wheel first.
