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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.[/quote]
But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.[/quote]

If you got Covid 2 months ago that is probably a more up to date strain compared to the vaccine. [/quote]

New pp here. I also got covid 2 months ago by coincidence. We aren’t even supposed to get the new vaccine for three months so I get it in February at the earliest.[/quote]

Same here.  I had covid back in early October.  My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.[/quote]
Less than a month away.  You can mask in the meantime.  (FYI:  only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)[/quote]

PP just had it, why do they need a mask?[/quote]
PP's doctor told her to wait to get the new vaccine.  The masking will help possibly protecte her in the meantime.  [/quote]
PP already has immunity to a more recent covid strain than what is in the booster. [/quote]
I think there might be multiple strains circulating at the same time.  (Check out the CDC for more info)[/quote]
Yes, there are. But the booster strain (XBB.1.5) is not one of them. It was prevalent in the spring/early summer but is now virtually gone, accounting for only 0.1% of current covid cases. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions

The rapid evolution of covid is one reason Cornell did not mandate the new booster this fall. "analysis by the Cornell COVID-19 modeling team found that mandating vaccination for the fall 2023 semester would not result in a substantial reduction in the spread of infection. This is due to factors such as existing vaccination rates, recovery from previous infection, and rapidly evolving variants." https://covid.cornell.edu/updates/20230428-vaccine-updates.cfm[/quote]
Are you saying to refer to Cornell's guidelines over the CDCs when decision making about vaccines???[/quote]
Cornell advises staying up-to-date as per CDC to reduce an individual's risk of severe disease. However, they don't think the booster will meaningfully reduce community spread which is why they did not mandate it. [/quote]
You do realize Cornell's population is near to the lowest risk? (College aged)[/quote]
Yes, agreed. Young people face almost no serious risk from Omicron yet face the greatest risk from vaccine side effects. Which is why it is surprising that 70 colleges (not Cornell) still mandate the vaccine for their students and some, like Wellesley, mandate for students but not for staff even though staff are older and more vulnerable. https://www.wellesley.edu/coronavirus

The colleges with remaining vaccine mandates stress the need to protect their community; while students face little health risk from covid, they live in close quarters so transmission risks are high. Which is what makes Cornell's statement so noteworthy. Cornell believes that vaccine mandates will not make much of a difference on transmission even for individuals living in close quarters. [/quote]
Does Harvard mandate vaccination?[/quote]

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