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A new preprint study suggests that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may be less effective over time. 

Over one million Americans have obtained a Moderna or Pfizer unauthorized vaccine third booster shot, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) internal briefing document reveals.

Moderna said on Thursday a third shot of its two-dose vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus will “likely be necessary” prior to winter — news that follows discussions of ongoing coronavirus booster shots similar to an annual flu shot.

TARTU, Estonia (AP) – With her father in tow, 13-year-old Gloria Raudjarv marched through a vaccination centre inside a sports hall in Estonia’s second-largest city and up to a nurse for her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pfizer/BioNTech data released Wednesday suggests a third dose of the vaccine “strongly boosts” protection against the coronavirus delta variant.

Hundreds of veterans have experienced “serious” adverse reactions to the Chinese coronavirus vaccines, including cardiac arrest, strokes, and pulmonary embolisms, as revealed by documents obtained by Judicial Watch via an April 14, 2021, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Nearly a quarter of those who have been vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus say they have experienced “negative reactions” to the vaccine, and 18 percent say they will not get the vaccine, according to a poll from The Economist/YouGov.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, dismissed the fact that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet approved vaccines for the Chinese coronavirus as merely a “technical issue.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, seemingly lectured unvaccinated Americans on Sunday, contending to CNN there is “no reason not to get vaccinated” despite looming concerns about vaccine safety and the fact that they are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Pfizer representatives will meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to outline their plans to request federal authorization of a third dose of its coronavirus vaccine. The head-to-head comes as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser conceded “it is entirely conceivable, maybe likely” booster shots will be needed.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging parents to get their eligible children vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus prior to the fall 2021 school year, despite lingering concerns over the possible development of heart inflammation conditions in young people who receive the mRNA vaccines.

Pfizer is ready to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its coronavirus vaccine, outlining Thursday a top up shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off any virus mutant.

The vaccination rate in Britain has almost halved, with concerns being expressed about young people possibly hesitating to take them — but the number of people with Covid antibodies is already estimated at around 90 per cent. 

The Pentagon’s top spokesman said the department’s leaders will look into making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory once they are FDA-approved.

Israel on Monday said the Pfizer vaccine was significantly less effective in preventing infections of the Delta variant but confirmed it remained highly effective in preventing serious illness.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the death of a 13-year-old Michigan boy who died suddenly in his sleep two days after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine.

Israel, which had all but beaten coronavirus last month with confirmed cases dipping lower than a dozen per day, has hit a three month high with more than 300 daily new infections in a 24-hour period as the delta variant sweeps across the country.

Israel on Friday reinstated an indoor mask requirement only a week and a half after scrapping the mandate, as daily coronavirus cases in the country more than tripled in the space of a few days.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to “move rapidly” to add warning labels to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, following the emergence of heart inflammation cases — myocarditis and pericarditis — after receiving the non-traditional mRNA jabs, the agency’s Dr. Doran Fink said Wednesday.

Israel on Wednesday reneged on lifting certain coronavirus restrictions amid an outbreak of the Delta variant, as more than a hundred new cases per day were identified for several days in a row – a morbidity rate not seen in months.

Twitter locked the account of the National File, a national populist news website, for reporting on a tweet from Tami Burages, a woman who says her 13-year old nephew died three days after receiving a second dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is holding an “emergency meeting” this week, June 18, to discuss cases of heart inflammation disorders among young people after receiving a vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus.

Fewer than half of the U.S. population is “fully vaccinated,” according to data posted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 11.

President Joe Biden announced Thursday his plan to purchase 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for the world to help fight the global pandemic.

Bahrain health officials are encouraging a “booster” shot of Pfizer’s Chinese coronavirus vaccine for people who have already received a full dosage of the Chinese-made Sinopharm alternative, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Thursday.

The United Kingdom has given temporary approval to the Pfizer jab for 12-15 year olds after the govt “carefully reviewed” data for the age group. 

Over 50 percent of U.S. adults are “fully vaccinated,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday hectored the United States for supposedly being more interested in selling weapons to Taiwan than life-saving coronavirus vaccines, even as Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen accused China of sabotaging a deal that would have brought Pfizer’s vaccine to her country.

The German biotech company BioNTech urged Taiwan to remove the word “country” from a joint press release that would have announced a now-scrapped vaccine deal between the East Asian nation and BioNtech, Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Thursday.

China’s state-run Global Times on Thursday trumpeted results of a Phase III clinical trial on Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccines, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), that found the Chinese company’s two leading products were over 70 percent effective.

Biden’s White House is teaming up with Snapchat to encourage teenagers to get vaccinated, featuring an augmented reality lens allowing the user to “ask” one of four questions to leaders and experts, including, “Why should I get vaccinated?”

Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed Chief Executive Carrie Lam predicted on Tuesday that residents of the city were so hesitant to receive doses of vaccine candidates for Chinese coronavirus that offering to pay them for it would not change their minds.

A study by a Spanish clinical institute, local media reported Tuesday, found that administering one dose of the Chinese coronavirus vaccine by European firm AstraZeneca and one of the vaccine by American company Pfizer is “safe and effective.”

Dr. Anthony Fauci estimated Americans will need a coronavirus booster vaccine shot within a year, he predicted at a media event sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry.

Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has said that people who decline to be vaccinated are “selfish” and similar to people who decide to drive drunk and kill others. 

Officials in Canada announced on Wednesday they had approved the Chinese coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer for use on children at least 12 years old, making it the first nation to do so, the Canadian Press reported.