Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday claimed that many once “fully vaccinated” Americans are now considered to be “undervaccinated” because they have not received enough COVID-19 “booster” injections.
“Many Americans are undervaccinated,” Walensky said. “Meaning, they are not up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines.”
“Not all people over the age of 50 have received their first booster dose. Of those who’ve received their first booster dose, only 28% of those over 50 have received a second booster dose. And for those over the age of 65, only 34% have received their second booster dose,” she explained.
“So my message right now is very simple,” said Walensky. “It’s essential” for the “undervaccinated” to “get their second booster shot right away.”
NOW – CDC Director: "My message is simple: It is essential that these Americans get their second booster shot right away." pic.twitter.com/S3JmmtBvJL
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) July 12, 2022
It appears that the definition of “fully vaccinated” has become more flexible than initially presumed by the public in the eyes of western governments, who now are using the phrase “up to date” instead.
Valiant News reported last week, Canadian Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos recently stated that the meaning of being “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19 makes “no sense,” clarifying that individuals ought to take the jabs every 9 months in order to be “up to date.”
This comes as officials issue their concerns over COVID-19 Omicron subvariants, such as BA.5 which is apparently set to cause a “new wave” of infections in the United States.
Joe Biden tours a CDC facility
Despite most of the American population having received hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccines, experts are now maintaining that the “risk from Covid is increasing in much of the country” as scores of triple and quadruple-vaxxed Americans continue to catch the virus.
As such, the Biden administration is gearing up to extend their COVID emergency powers on Friday, with the The Department of Health and Human Services expected to renew the public health emergency.
It was originally declared in January 2020, and has been repeatedly renewed since then. The “most recent extension set to expire July 15,” according to Bloomberg.
