Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked August 22, 2022
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
August 15, 2022, the U.K. became the first country to approve Moderna’s new bivalent
COVID booster — Spikevax bivalent — which contains mRNA that codes for the original
Wuhan strain spike protein and the Omicron BA.1 subvariant
The approval of the new booster comes on the heels of complaints about lack of demand
for the shots. Moderna recently threw away 30 million doses of its original COVID jab, as
nobody wanted them, and the U.S., has tossed 82.1 million COVID jab doses in the trash
for the same reason
The Spikevax bivalent shot is already out of date, as both strains included are no longer
in circulation anywhere in the world
In the U.S., infections are currently caused by the BA.4, BA.5 and BA.2.12.1 variants of
Omicron. In Europe, Omicron BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5 are the current “variants of concern.”
BA.1 is on the list of “de-escalated variants,” meaning it’s of no concern either because
it’s either not in circulation, or because it doesn’t cause severe illness
Coronaviruses mutate very rapidly, and when you vaccinate against a rapidly mutating
virus, you encourage it to mutate even faster, and to develop immune-evading properties.
This is what we’ve been witnessing since the beginning of the COVID jab campaign, and
outdated, leaky bivalent boosters may worsen the situation further