FOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse)

FOCAL POINTS (Courageous Discourse)

FDA VRBPAC Recommends JN.1 Boosters Despite Zero Prevalence

LP.8.1 Emerges Dominant from JN.1 Lineage but with Strong Immune Evasion

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Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
Jun 01, 2025
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By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH

The COVID-19 vaccine campaign stumbles into its fifth year with a decision on fall boosters for a JN.1 lineage that is now extinct. The FDA VRBPAC panel is betting that the now dominant LP.8.1 a JN.1 progenitor will still respond to the historically ineffective vaccines.

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