flyingclrs727 wrote:StarAC17 wrote:I hope you get better and that you don't get long haul symptoms. I'm not a doctor but I don't think you need a Covid shot for at least another year.
If this article is true and I don't know if it is but NACI in Canada (The National Advisory Committee on Immunization) is suggesting in some cases a booster every 90 days.
The source Postmedia is right leaning and they have been the only Canadian newspapers to run it.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/nation ... f2bb8fc33cI will absolutely not do this and overusing a vaccine can and probably is creating evolutionary pressure on the Covid virus to mutate to evade the vaccines. Not to say Covid vaccines are bad thing but taking repeated boosters will wear out ones immune system also. The day after my 2nd and 3rd shots were rough and I wouldn't want that every 90 days for something that won't stop you from getting Covid anyways.
Make this thing an annual shot and focus on treatments for those who are at risk or are really sick.
The purpose of these vaccines isn't to prevent all infection, they are used to prevent bad outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths. They work quite well at that without super frequent boosters. I got my second shot and was "fully vaccinated" 2 years ago in the Moderna vaccine trial. I was a little annoyed that I had Io wait for my booster for over 14 months while the Delta version was growing in prevalence. I plan to wait til at least the anniversary of my first booster to get a second booster. I'm not going to bother with a booster that does not contain a boost against newer variants.
While I am grateful to have had an opportunity to get vaccinated early with a cutting edge mRNA vaccine, I am concerned about the side effects some portions of the population are having with them. I don't want to overdo the stress on my body from these vaccines. I'm considering timing boosters for times when I intend to travel or make plans that are difficult or expensive to reschedule. If the antibodies that prevent any kind of symptomatic infection wane in just 2 or 3 months, I'll time the boosters to I have maximum protection during travel or at the beginning of an outbreak of a new variant in my area.. I won't be getting boosters any more frequently than once a year unless there is strong scientific evidence that a new variant really requires a new booster.
The variant boosters are out here in the USA. Appointments are a bit hard to get this weekend, but possible (I was just boosted).
We're going to get infected again and again and that is much better than long haul damage from the virus. We all know the virus damages nerves. I had a nerve damaged that took two operations to fix. One to verify the nerve that was damaged and wouldn't die and another to go in and kill it.
The evidence you require for more frequent boosters won't happen. But it is your choice. The reality is that two doses of mRNA should generate enough T-cells to keep you out of the hospital.
The latest data has 30,822 people in the US hospitals:
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-hospitalizationsAs I type this, data is lagging by 4 days (before the variant booster was available). We'll see, but I suspect take up will be low after an initial surge.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/dail ... on~GBR~USAThe new BA.4.6 strain is even more infectious, the question is how well the new vaccines will work on it and other new mutations:
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronav ... t/2917104/Everyone makes their own call. Talking to doctors, those unvaccinated and getting their first infection are still showing up in the hospitals. Thankfully, enough people have resistance in one form or another.
Note: I stopped getting the flu after a few years of getting the flu vaccine. YMMV, but it is my opinion that as we armor up against so many variants, more is better (pre-train the body for a more ideal response).
Covid19 will never go away (which makes zero Covid19 strategies just seem... unwise).
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