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Several days ago I reported that the Moderna Omicron Booster slated to be approved by the FDA and then the CDC for distributed was their bivalent mRNA 1273.214 vaccine. This vaccine contains mRNA that would encode for the original CoVid strain and the Omicron B.1 subvariant.  This vaccine had been tested in a human clinical trail.  It turns out that just before the FDA panel was considering their application, Moderna submitted another EUA application for a bivalent vaccine that contained mRNA to encode for spike proteins from the Omicron BA.4./BA.5 subvariants.  This was the one that was approved.

 

So it turns out that both the Moderna and the Pfizer Omicron Boosters approved by the FDA and CDC both contain mRNAs that encode for both the original CoVid and the Omicron subvariants BA.4/BA.5.  If it is time for your booster, which is the case for most of us, take your choice!

 

https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2022/Moderna-Receives-FDA-Authorization-for-Emergency-Use-of-Omicron-Targeting-Bivalent-COVID-19-Booster-Vaccine-for-Adults-18-Years-and-Older/default.aspx

 

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