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Uptake of 2024-25 Covid Booster
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Anonymous
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Virginia posted new uptake data. As of last week, 4% of Virginians have taken the 2024-25 booster. Uptake shares rose most in the elderly; only 1% of VA children have received the new booster. The age distribution for booster uptake is becoming more skewed toward the elderly, paralleling the incidence of covid hospitalizations and deaths.
Virginia, % of age group to receive 2024-25 covid booster (posted on 10/1/24) All ages (6 mo+): 4.1% 0-4 years 0.8% 5-11 years 0.9% 12-17 years 1.2% 18-30 years 1.3% 31-49 years 2.4% 50-64 years 4.6% 65+ years 12.6% |
Anonymous
I second that! Pain in my arm for 5 minutes and then I actually forgot I even got vaccinated! Way better than the mRNA shots IMP |
Anonymous
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I got mine about 3 weeks ago. I hope it does something!
I wear a mask when shopping. Today I had a stressful time at the gyn and just forgot. It was right there in th car. Safeway wasn't crowded, checked out at a kiosk...and realized I forgot my mask. |
Anonymous
| I got it when it came out (along with the flu shot) because I was traveling to Europe at the end of Sept. A lot of friends who traveled in July and August got covid and I didn't want to take the chance. No side effects other than a mild sore arm. Best of all, I did not get covid! |
Anonymous
A lot of health professionals are recommending the vaccine. But we know you anti vaxers love to spread misinformation. American Medical Association- https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/updated-2024-2025-covid-19-vaccines-who-should-get-them-and-when American Heart Association- https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/08/02/what-to-know-about-who-should-get-vaccinated-and-when American Academy of Pediatrics - https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/29957 The Mayo Clinic - https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-discusses-updated-covid-19-vaccines/ CDC, Department of Veterans Affairs, John’s Hopkins, Harvard, Yale, Universities of California…. |
Anonymous
DP The US is an outlier in recommending covid boosters for all ages (6 months+). All of the US groups cited above have no choice but to echo CDC booster guidance, both as a formality and from a desire to protect federal funding of their research programs. In contrast, nearly every other nation in the world does not recommend boosters for all ages. The UK, Germany, Denmark, France, amongst others only recommend boosters for the elderly and the infirm. Germany does not recommend any covid vaccinations for children: "The Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) [Germany] currently recommends that babies, (young) children and adolescents without underlying conditions do not require vaccination against COVID-19 on account of the mostly mild courses of disease with a very low likelihood of needing hospitalisation." UK: https://www.nhs.uk/vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/ Germany: https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/coronavirus/faq-covid-19-vaccination Denmark: https://www.sst.dk/da/corona France: https://www.ameli.fr/assure/sante/themes/covid-19/vaccination-contre-le-covid-19/vaccination-covid19 |
Anonymous
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Adding on to the Novavax recommendations. I had pretty brutal side effects for days with both Pfizer and Moderna, but only a sore arm after Novavax.
And studies show it may offer broader protection than the mRNA vaccines as well. Just call ahead to make sure the pharmacy has Novavax in stock - I have gotten them at CVS and Costco. I know CVS near me sold out of them pretty quickly but hopefully will get more in |
Anonymous
| Both my DH and I got our flu and Covid vaccines last week. They were a couple of other people at the Safeway doing the same. |
Anonymous
This. It’s good to see that religious fundamentalism of all sects remains relatively uncommon in the U.S. I know a few Covid zealots, and I know a hardcore evangelical Christian family, but that’s about it. |
Anonymous
Not coincidentally, those are the same countries that have recently reversed course in recommending transgender “affirming care” and surgeries for yuping adults. Yet here we are in the U.S., “trusting the science” and all. |
Anonymous
| Maybe I will get Novavax in spring after the 2024-25 shot I got last month wanes. |
Anonymous
That's not demand per se, just more nursing home patients being forced to take it, or they don't know what they are taking. |
Anonymous
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I'm waiting til the end of October so I still have more immunity over Christmas and the winter.
Not everyone is rushing out to get the vaccines, but most people I know plan to get them sometime over the next three months. |
Anonymous
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Our whole family will get flu shots before the end of October, but no covid vaccine for the kids. They've both had it 2-3 times as a very mild cold. I will get the covid vaccine in early January because I am traveling for work in January and February and want the protection then. The efficacy of the covid vaccine only seems to last about 2-3 months.
I would be more inclined to get the covid vaccine on a yearly basis if it protected longer and if covid was seasonal. But I know just as many people who having been getting covid in the summer as in the winter, so why the push for a seasonal covid vaccine? Once the guidance makes sense for how covid actually occurs, I will reconsider shots for the whole family. |
Anonymous
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I just got the Covid and flu vaccines earlier this week. I was in for my annual check up and I figured I may as well get both while I was there. I’ve never had a reaction beyond a slightly sore shoulder to either vaccine.
I’m in my early 50s and work in an elementary school. |