makotech222 [he/him]@hexbear.net to covid@hexbear.netEnglish · 26 days agoNew Covid vaccines approvedwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareEllia PlisskenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·26 days agowhat exactly do I need to ask my local pharmacy to see if they have this new one?
minus-squareSulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·26 days ago The new vaccines target the KP.2 variant because most recent covid cases are caused by that strain or closely related ones.
minus-squareEllia PlisskenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoso is the vaccine called a kp.2 vaccine?
minus-squareSulvor [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoYeah if you just ask for “the new KP2 vaccine” they’ll know what you’re talking about
minus-squaresovietknuckles [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-225 days agoIf you ask for the 2024-2025 COVID vaccine, they’ll know exactly what you’re talking about.
what exactly do I need to ask my local pharmacy to see if they have this new one?
so is the vaccine called a kp.2 vaccine?
Yeah if you just ask for “the new KP2 vaccine” they’ll know what you’re talking about
If you ask for the 2024-2025 COVID vaccine, they’ll know exactly what you’re talking about.