Given how weirdly comprehensive of the population the CDC’s list is, you might reasonably be asking, “Geeze, is there anybody not covered?” Yes, but apparently not many: Your Local Epidemiologist reports that there’s an estimate that 75% of the adult US population is covered by the “at least one underlying condition” exception.
And that’s my point: you’re probably covered by it. Every adult you know under 65 and a whole lot of adolescents is probably covered by it. Just statistically, everyone, including you, has something like three in four odds of being one of the exceptions.
(If you’re not covered by it, congratulations, you’re in something like the top quartile of healthiness in this country. I haven’t forgotten about you: keep reading to find out how you can get a vaccination, too.) […]
Look, because I believe pedantry is a Defense Against the Dark Arts skill, I feel the urgent need to point out to you: it’s not that you are approved or not by the FDA to receive the Covid booster, contrary to how the FDA phrases things. What the FDA approves is what the drug company is allowed to claim their pharmaceutical is for. […]
The difference between a food and a drug and a nutritional supplement is in their marketing.
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