On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dropped a major patch update for its emergency use authorizations (EUAs) on the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines. Under the new rules, our administrative overlords are allowing boomer seniors aged 65 and older and certain immunocompromised folks to line up for another dose of the bivalent shots. These dual-target formulations, which carry genetic instructions for both the OG virus strain and the Omicron spinoffs, have been under tight government lock and key since September, but the feds are now adjusting the dials once again ahead of the fall vaccine campaign.

According to the revised bureaucratic instructions, adults aged 65 and older who already got one bivalent shot can now get another dose four months later. For the immunocompromised, the waiting period is shrunk down to two months, with further shots left to the discretion of their doctors. For children aged 6 months to 4 years, the rules are typically convoluted and depend entirely on which brand of shot they previously received. It is the classic regulatory merry-go-round we have all come to know and love.

But the real kicker in the FDA's announcement is the massive pivot on unvaccinated people. Most unvaccinated individuals can now get a single dose of the bivalent vaccine instead of the multi-dose regimen of the original single-strain vaccines that the media spent years telling us was mandatory. Why the sudden shift? In a shocking twist of common sense, the FDA admitting that most of the population already has antibodies from past infections.

Yes, you read that right. Dr. Peter Marks, the head of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, admitted in a news release that evidence shows most of the U.S. population aged 5 and older has antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 from either vaccination or infection. It turns out that natural immunity, which was labeled a dangerous conspiracy theory by mainstream talking heads for years, is now officially recognized as a solid foundation for public health policy.

This quiet backpedal is a slap in the face to the thousands of everyday Americans who lost their careers during the corporate mandate craze. Back in June 2021, an anti-vaccine rally outside Houston Methodist Hospital made national headlines when 153 healthcare workers were fired or forced to resign for refusing to comply with mandatory vaccination. Now, the FDA is admitting that a single bivalent shot is plenty because natural infection did the heavy lifting anyway.