Getting your COVID booster may become a similar process to getting your yearly flu shot.

Compared to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the world is in a much better place thanks primarily to the proliferation of vaccines. However, the novel coronavirus has proven itself to be an extremely persistent foe, constantly mutating into new, trickier subvariants. It is very possible that dealing with COVID could become a regular fact of life going forward, which is why the FDA is drafting plans to streamline the vaccination process.

According to new FDA documents released today, the administration is looking to assemble a process and schedule for COVID vaccines that is not dissimilar to the one used to circulate yearly flu vaccines. This new plan would also push to simplify COVID vaccine composition to make them quicker and easier to produce, as well as update in response to new variants. If a plan can be put into place to streamline the process, the majority of individuals may only need to get one shot every year in the fall, same as a flu shot.

“This simplification of vaccine composition should reduce complexity, decrease vaccine administration errors due to the complexity of the number of different vial presentations, and potentially increase vaccine compliance by allowing clearer communication,” the FDA said.

The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee is set to meet later this week to discuss this potential plan.