{"id":1175537,"date":"2021-12-31T12:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T17:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175537"},"modified":"2021-12-31T12:50:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T17:50:46","slug":"biden-admin-weighs-changing-meaning-of-fully-vaxed-to-include-booster-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-weighs-changing-meaning-of-fully-vaxed-to-include-booster-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Weighs Changing Meaning Of \u2018Fully Vaxed\u2019 To Include Booster Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-weighs-changing-meaning-of-fully-vaxed-to-include-booster-shot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175537&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Federal health officials are considering restricting the definition of \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d to include only those that have received a booster shot in addition to their COVIID-19 vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>The change would come as U.S. officials push Americans to receive the booster shot, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/29\/health\/covid-vaccinations-boosters.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. Some experts warn that changing the definition could have severe economic repercussions as businesses and governments adjust their COVID-19 restrictions to include a new meaning of \u201cfully vaccinated.\u201d As the Times reports:<\/p>\n<p><em>Changing the definition of \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d could leave roughly 140 million Americans, who are vaccinated but not boosted, in limbo about where they stand and what they are eligible to do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Many schools, businesses, governments and other institutions have relied on the C.D.C.\u2019s definition of \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d to establish mandates, requiring people to complete their primary vaccine series in order to attend school, dine out or remain employed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is also weighing whether to change the definition to use the more adaptable wording of \u201cup-to-date,\u201d which would allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to potentially include additional shots into the meaning the \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d without changing the strict definition of the term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration was leaning toward making such a move soon, according to two officials with knowledge of the discussions,\u201d the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Philip R. Krause, who retired from the Food and Drug Administration last week, said that redefining the meaning of \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d is a \u201cdistraction\u201d from the identifying those in need of additional vaccine doses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe place where the risk is highest \u2014 among the elderly, the immunocompromised, people with comorbidities \u2014 those are the people accounting for almost all of the severe disease among the vaccinated,\u201d he told the Times. \u201cWe should be concentrating on finding those people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Marty Makary of Johns Hopkins University predicted earlier this month that the Biden administration would change the definition of \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d to include a booster shot, in contravention of key data points showing that many, particularly young and healthy people, do not need a booster shot. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/johns-hopkins-surgeon-definition-of-fully-vaccinated-changing-big-pharma-may-be-calling-the-shots\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>The surgeon said that for middle-aged Americans who received the J&amp;J one-shot vaccine, another dose is likely needed if someone has not yet had COVID-19 and gained natural immunity. For the young, however, \u201cthere\u2019s absolutely no evidence\u201d supporting getting a booster shot, Makary said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy fear is that pharma may be calling the shots right now, not the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention],\u201d Makary said. \u201cThey\u2019ve not only convinced the CDC to make a vigorous recommendation for every 16 and 17-year-old to get boosted, but colleges are now drawing up plans to require a booster among students.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNothing is more insane and anti-science than requiring young, low-risk, healthy students who had COVID already to get a booster shot, and there will be unintended harm from that indiscriminate booster recommendation,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal health officials are considering restricting the definition of \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d to include only those that have received a booster shot in addition to their COVIID-19 vaccination. The change would come as U.S. officials push Americans to receive the booster shot, according to The New York Times. 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