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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. We do flu shots but haven't done covid shots (for any of us) since the initial 2 shot series and then one subsequent booster. We have all gotten covid twice since then and it has been extremely mild.

The real reason, for me, that I am not excited about the covid vaccine is that covid isn't seasonal. So, with the flu shot, it only gives about 5 months of protection, but if you take it in October or November it protects you through flu season. Covid is prevalent year round and so it doesn't make sense to me to have guidance to take it with the flu shot. And getting a vaccine every 4 month (that's about the max efficacy of the covid vaccine) seems insane when the actual virus has been very mild for our family multiple times.

If they had clear guidance that made sense, I'd be more willing. But as it stands, I don't think there's a consensus within the medical community for how the vaccine should be administered, who should take it, and how frequently.

FWIW, I am a super liberal who has never voted for anyone but the bluest candidate in all elections and will continue to do so. [/quote]

This is a good point. But even if Covid was seasonal, we also need to keep in mind that every medical intervention, including every vaccine, has risks. Arguably, the long-term unknowns are greater with the Covid vaccines, because of their novel technology and recency, as well as their overall worse adverse event profile compared to the flu shot. Even if the risks are very small, as I believe they are, if there is no data that proves benefit in this low-risk age group, the precautionary choice is not to get it.

That was Offit's reasoning even when making the updated booster choice for himself at age 73. Even the smallest risk isn't worth it when the benefit is non-existent or very short-lived.[/quote]

I wish Offit would discuss vaccinating babies under 1.[/quote]

He has:

https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/do-infants-and-young-children-need

Which puts him at odds with all other developed countries as well who are not recommending it due to the weakness of the data that cannot prove benefits outweighing risks, but it shows how pro-vaccine Offit generally is (duh). Nonetheless, he is clear that primary vaccination in immune-naive people is very different from boosters, which he generally thinks are not needed by anyone but the very elderly.[/quote]

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