Another round of Covid boosters coming in the fall

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I can distract you guys from the heat here because I have a few questions and a new topic will likely be locked. Feel free to flame away at me.

I guess we all agree that the trifecta happened because of isolation, and then sudden exposure to typical flu, new variant, and waned immunity against RSV.

Is the RSV vax a new and improved version? I ask because DS (20) had an RSV vax as a newborn. He never had RSV. Does he need another? I haven’t checked, but I think I had to get RSV vax before taking him home.

DS university was one of the only schools to require a 3rd covid booster by November 1, 2022. He requested a 3rd booster extension because he tested positive for covid the first and only time on August 10, 2022. Got 3rd booster over winter break. Then, poof no mandatory 3rd booster or daily vital checks when they came back for spring semester. Why would he need a 4th booster? I was pretty annoyed he was forced into a 3rd given he probably had decent immunity from having covid 3 months prior. Plus a friend napping in his bed for hours. He did wash bedding after they tested positive, as if that helped lol. Is there a new variant now? Or are they expecting one?

This will likely get some shade. Wasn’t there a disproportionate number of people who got covid soon after their boosters? I know quite a few. Naturally, the argument was that people let their guard down. I dunno. Seems a bit sus (as the kids say).

DH never had covid, but he’s now wearing a hearing aid in one ear after 1 J&J vax and 2nd Pfizer vax. He did get a Pfizer booster, but the vertigo and hearing loss happened 6 weeks after 2nd vax (before booster). Was it because of the mixed vaccines? He accepted that it wasn’t vax related, but I think it was.

TLDR: I think we’re done.

If you are done, you are done. What’s up with super long post?

Personally, I’m interested in her ‘super long post’.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I still don't understand why people are so weird about the covid shots. If my doc recommends I get another booster, I'll get the booster - just like I do the flu shot every year. Really not a big deal.

For me, it’s the letting in of millions and millions of people who are virtually unvetted and unvaccinated while at the same time, pushing more and more restrictions on the American people.

So true!

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I get the flu vaccine every year. I got the pneumonia vaccine and shingles shot. I got 2 doses of pfizer and thats it for me. Didnt react well to 2nd shot. Didnt get covid until this jan '23 despite being exposed to patients in the icu. It was mild. There's something about the mrna technology that i dont trust maybe its the nanoparticles or whatever. If covid becomes more severe again or they develop a more "traditional" vaccine maybe I'll reconsider.

[Anonymous]

I've already had both of the original shots, plus a booster, plus COVID last summer. No way I'll be getting another booster, they make me sick for a few days and after 3 shots I got COVID anyway (which wasn't that bad).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes I will get the booster. I had Covid in 2020 and it was awful.

Haven’t had it since I’ve been vaxxed and boosted.

I will also get the flu shot.

And the shingles vaccine as soon as I turn 50.

I like being vaccinated against diseases that are icky or can cause death. I would prefer not to get them, and I would prefer not to pass them on to other people (yes I know Covid vaccinated people can still get sick and pass it on, but it’s far more likely to get sick and pass it on if you weren’t vaccinated because you will be sicker and have a higher viral load etc).

It’s not perfect but I like to prevent disease when possible.

Not necessarily. There are studies which show vaccinated and unvaccinated have similar viral loads.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8992250/#CIT0003
CDC Statement
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0730-mmwr-covid-19.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jab it, jab it real good!

More like push it, push it real good (maybe a new jingle for the pharmaceutical industry to consider)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My body, my choice. I choose NO! NEVER AGAIN and I will not even get the flu vaccine any longer. The trust is sadly gone.

Ditto

Same!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jab it, jab it real good!

More like push it, push it real good (maybe a new jingle for the pharmaceutical industry to consider)

Those were the original lyrics, so there’s no humor there…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
“The bottom line: It's likely the U.S. will see another tripledemic. Whether it becomes a crisis will largely hinge on Americans' perception of risk..”

People, especially at risk, will likely need three vaccines this year one for Covid, one for RSV, and one for flu. Obviously certain will need more and you need to talk to your own doctor about all of these things, but this is the gist of the article.

Here’s what is going on: https://www.axios.com/2023/07/06/tripledemic-covid-vaccines

You conveniently skipped over every single line in that article that referred to immuno compromised people and those at high risk.

Babies are at high risk for death with RSV. My 6 week old was hospitalized for 8 days and nearly died. I didn’t hear about the vaccine until this thread, but I’m in favor of reducing spread to protect innocent babies.

I got Covid over a year ago and was just thinking I should get another booster, which I haven’t had in years, because I know several people who have it now who are miserable.

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I've gotten every recommended shot so far, but I am on the fence about this new one, especially for my kids. I will probably do what I did with the last booster, which is getting it in advance of a planned trip when I will be more likely to be exposed. I still would like to see more data demonstrating that the booster will substantially reduce transition, as well as how long the benefit will last.

I will likely not recommend that my healthy sons get the booster, as both of them have had prior boosters and have had COVID. One of my sons got a pretty bad case of COVID within six weeks of getting his last booster, so I'm not sure that the non-zero risk, especially for young males, outweighs the benefits.

[Anonymous]

No. Never had covid either. Had my booster 18 months ago and spent 2 days with horrible side effects. I’ll take my chances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've already had both of the original shots, plus a booster, plus COVID last summer. No way I'll be getting another booster, they make me sick for a few days and after 3 shots I got COVID anyway (which wasn't that bad).

Well you are stupid

They reason COVID wasn’t that bad moron is because you had the vaccine

Jesus shut up

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've already had both of the original shots, plus a booster, plus COVID last summer. No way I'll be getting another booster, they make me sick for a few days and after 3 shots I got COVID anyway (which wasn't that bad).

Well you are stupid

They reason COVID wasn’t that bad moron is because you had the vaccine

Jesus shut up

DP Omicron is a milder variant which is the big reason why healthy people are not getting serious cases. A Cleveland Clinic study of 50,000 employees noted that there "were too few severe illnesses for the study to determine whether the vaccine decreased severity of illness". This same study also found that the "risk of COVID-19 also increased with time since the most recent prior COVID-19 episode and with the number of vaccine doses previously received."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10234376/

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Do we really care what others do at this point? I sure don’t. I just hope next surge will wipe some of you out.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

I haven’t received a flu shot since 2018 when one of my coworkers got Guilian Barre from it and never returned to work.

No COVID shots for me or family and we all survived COVID when we contracted it in Dec 2021. We are healthy, low risk and I will not have my three teenage sons risk deadly side effects from a risky technology.