New bivalent vaccine

I recently learned that there's a new "bivalent" anti-COVID-19 booster vaccination available, that is tailored to be more effective against the more recent variants of the virus, Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. This vaccine contains less mRNA, which only makes it effective as a booster. 

 

I realize that "effective" means that, even though there's no use data out there yet, to show if it prevents infection or re-infection, it's even more likely than the original vaccine, to suppress any symptoms, and keep vaccinated people out of the hospital, considering the current mix of variants out in the wild. Everybody (and their metabolism) is different - no guarantees of course - but I'm planning on getting this one too, when it makes sense for me.

And yeah, we're still wearing our masks in close quarters in public, in case we do pick it up, so we don't give it to anyone else, and also because doing that, and being careful in other ways, we haven't caught COVID-19 so far. With thousands around the world still dying every day from this thing, I don't see any good reason to let down our guard. 

 

So... this feels more like what they've been doing with the Flu vaccine seemingly forever (since the 1930s) - tailoring the vaccine for the current threat, one or more times a year. Welcome to the new freakin' normal... Y'all stay healthy and safe out there!