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Many people believe that any and all opposition to the Covid vaccine comes from "far-right" Republican conspiracy theorists in the flyover states. I guess the Swiss government will now be branded with those labels as their Federal Office of Public Health is now recommending that a Covid vaccination is not needed, even for people at especially high risk. They list pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems as an exception. They further state that those who wish to receive a Covid vaccine must pay for it out of their own pockets.
In principle, no COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for spring/summer 2023. Nearly everyone in Switzerland has been vaccinated and/or contracted and recovered from COVID-19. Their immune system has therefore been exposed to the coronavirus. In spring/summer 2023, the virus will likely circulate less. The current virus variants also cause rather mild illness. For autumn 2023, the vaccination recommendation will be evaluated again and adjusted accordingly.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by corey on Thursday April 13, @10:59PM (2 children)
But there in Australia the government is recommending boosters for over 30s, but for personal protection but to reduce transmission to those who are more immunocompromised. Read about it in the news ten minutes ago.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-14/covid-vaccine-booster/102217164 [abc.net.au]
Maybe the situation is different in Switzerland. They’re coming out of winter and we’re going into it.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Coligny on Friday April 14, @02:53AM
Yea, the situation is so different in australia that they missed the Pfizer’s own report stating their vaccine do not affect transmission rate.
Gess they need to clear some space in fridges for the next viral scam.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by driverless on Saturday April 15, @05:17AM
Also, the headline is Fox-grade misleading, what the Swiss government has said, and it's actually quoted in TFA, is "Nearly everyone in Switzerland has been vaccinated and/or contracted and recovered from Covid-19. Their immune system has therefore been exposed to the coronavirus. In spring/summer 2023, the virus will likely circulate less". So most people are already vaccinated and there's also a lot less of it circulating, therefore it's not being recommended any more although you can still get it. In other words it's like a flu shot. This is nothing like "Swiss government says all you need is natural immunity".