{"id":271813,"date":"2023-08-03T05:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T05:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=271813"},"modified":"2023-08-05T05:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T05:25:50","slug":"annual-covid-shots-expected-much-like-flu-shots-says-new-cdc-director-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=271813","title":{"rendered":"Annual COVID Shots Expected, Much Like Flu Shots, Says New CDC Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim Hoft \u2013 The Gateway Pundit July 30, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

In an interview with Spectrum News<\/a>, the new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Mandy Cohen, announced that her agency anticipates the COVID-19 vaccine becoming an annual vaccination, much like the flu shot.<\/p>\n

The CDC is finalizing a new recommendation, expected to be announced in early September, stating that Americans should receive an annual COVID-19 booster to protect against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just on the precipice of that, so I don\u2019t want to get ahead of where our scientists are here and doing that evaluation work, but yes we anticipate that COVID will become similar to flu shots, where it is going to be you get your annual flu shot, and you get your annual COVID shot,\u201d Dr. Mandy Cohen told Spectrum News at the CDC\u2019s headquarters in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not quite there yet, but stay tuned,\u201d she added. \u201cI think within the next couple of weeks, month we\u2019re going to hear more from our experts on COVID shots.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Cohen expressed concern about parents opting out of vaccinating their children, particularly concerning given her worries about the looming \u201ctripledemic\u201d of COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very worried about parents not vaccinating kids,\u201d Cohen said. \u201cI got my kids vaccinated from the circulating viruses. There\u2019s plenty of other things that are hard as parents that we can\u2019t do. This is one we can do to protect our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also admitted that during Walensky\u2019s watch,\u201dfolks have been very clear that the CDC did lose trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were some early places where the CDC didn\u2019t perform and execute in the way they needed to,\u201d Cohen said, citing people\u2019s vaccine hesitancy.<\/p>\n

According to Spectrum News, in her first month as director, Cohen claimed to focus on three key areas: transparency, effective execution, and building relationships with the public, health leaders, and politicians across party lines.<\/p>\n

In addition, she responded to the efforts of House Republicans to cut the agency\u2019s funding, particularly regarding climate change initiatives and research.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like we have a military to protect us here and around the world, we need a CDC that can protect us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201c[When people hear \u2018CDC,\u2019 I want them to think of a]\u00a0trusted partner who\u2019s looking out for me, who\u2019s looking out to protecting my health \u2026 good, accurate information that helps me with common sense solutions to protect myself, my family and my community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Gateway Pundit previously reported<\/a> during Cohen\u2019s tenure as the top health official for North Carolina, she aggressively pushed COVID restrictions and laughed about the impact on Americans.<\/p>\n

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As NC health director, @DrMandyCohen<\/a> felt comfortable wielding dictatorial power. Here she laughs about consulting with her counterparts in other states:
When she was like, are you gonna let them have professional football? And I was like, no. And she's like, OK, neither are we. pic.twitter.com\/5Qq4YrGX0S<\/a><\/p>\n

— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) June 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n