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We did. It's called the "bivalent" booster. We have paxlovid and the omicron variants are much milder than the previous strains.

I had simply missed the news, apologies.

EU: https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ecdc-ema-statement-booster... (sep 2022)

Haven't been offered this, though.

Not sure about elsewhere but it's widely available in the us at pretty much any pharmacy.

In the US it's widely available, I got it something like a year ago.

We are? I got an updated booster for Omicron variants last June.

There is one, but it's not necessarily worth it because the original is "good enough". Also, future strains might be more like the 2020 version again; no reason they wouldn't be.

A better upgrade will be when it's a nasal spray. That's more effective at blocking transmission, and some people just don't like needles.