SARS-CoV-2 'killed' a flu strain

[JAB]

After COVID killed off a flu strain, annual flu shots are in for a
redesign

It's TBD how and when a reformulation will happen, but it's now in the
works.

Vaccine advisers for the Food and Drug Administration voted
unanimously (12 to 0) Thursday to remove, "as soon as possible," a
component of annual flu shots that targets a strain of the virus that
appears to have gone extinct amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
...
...
The missing strain is the influenza type B Yamagata lineage (aka
B/Yamagata), one of only four flu viruses targeted by annual vaccines.
There have been no confirmed detections of B/Yamagata worldwide since
March 2020, when the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, erupted onto
the global scene, dramatically disrupting the lives of people and
other viruses everywhere. The subsequent 2020-2021 flu season was
virtually nonexistent.


https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/after-covid-killed-off-a-flu-strain-annual-flu-shots-are-in-for-a-redesign/

[Blue-Maned_Hawk]

Vaccine advisers for the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously
(12 to 0) Thursday to remove, "as soon as possible," a component of
annual flu shots that targets a strain of the virus that appears to have
gone extinct amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

That's an interesting decision. I'd've thought that the component would
be kept in for a while to make sure that it's really gone extinct, since
this is probably one of the only chances we'd get to drive such a strain
to extinction and forever relieve humanity of its burden.

[JAB]

On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 00:17:04 -0000 (UTC), Blue-Maned_Hawk

Post by Blue-Maned_Hawk
it's really gone extinct

I have not seen articles related to this topic that might describe why
this happened.

October 12, 2021
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after infection
https://news.wsu.edu/news/2021/10/12/new-research-aims-to-create-trojan-virus-that-can-destroy-viruses-after-infection/