FEE’s Jon Miltimore writes, “The NCAA on Thursday released its new COVID-19 guidance for winter sports, and the guidance contains some important news.

As ESPN reports, the NCAA’s COVID-19 Medical Advisory Group updated its definition of ‘fully vaccinated’ to account for various new vaccinations, boosters, and immunity factors.

The NCAA recognizes natural immunity. Here’s what it means. https://t.co/k9obYTXWUC

— FEE (@feeonline) January 10, 2022

‘Fully vaccinated individuals now include those within two months of receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, five months of receiving the Pfizer vaccine series or six months of receiving the Moderna vaccine series;’ reports ESPN staff writer Jeff Borzello, ‘and individuals who are beyond the aforementioned timeline and have received the booster vaccine.’

But perhaps the biggest development came in the following line.

‘Individuals within 90 days of a documented COVID-19 infection fall within the equivalent of ‘fully vaccinated.”

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The Washington Times reports, “Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief White House medical adviser, suggested Sunday that annual COVID vaccine booster shots may be necessary in the near future.

‘It is tough to tell,’ Dr. Fauci told ABC’s ‘This Week.’ “It could very well increase the durability of protection by things that you can’t readily measure by the level of antibodies that you might have a maturation of the immune system that would prolong the durability…’

Get ready, the redefinition of fully vaccinated is coming:

Dr. Fauci, who said… it is a matter of “when, not if” Americans will be mandated to have three shots to be considered “fully vaccinated,” noted the determination is currently under review.https://t.co/6Ox77No4qV

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 13, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not changed the designation of ‘fully vaccinated’ from two mRNA shots or one J&J shot.

Dr. Fauci, who said Wednesday on CNN that it is a matter of ‘when, not if’ Americans will be mandated to have three shots to be considered ‘fully vaccinated,’ noted the determination is currently under review.

‘I think if you look at data, the more and more, it becomes clear that if you want to be optimally protected, you really should get a booster,’ he said. ‘I think we’ll be continuing to evaluate what the official designation is.”

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