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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anectodally speaking the only people I know getting COVID right now are those that have gotten their 4th, 5th and n boosters.  My cousin just got her booster last week and has COVID this week.  Quite an effective vaccine.[/quote]

I think there is a real bias there though… It’s quite possible and very likely that the folks that are still testing for Covid are also the folks that got the shot. Think about it if - you are not concerned about Covid why would you test if you had a cold? [/quote]

I don't test because I don't have a cold, or flue or any other symptoms. Not vaccinated, still never had Covid. [/quote]
Wear a n95 and pleas talk your Dr. about vaccines[/quote]
It's interesting to see what decisions doctors, nurses & other personnel have made for themselves with regards to covid boosters. The CDC conducts an annual self-reported survey of health care personnel (HCP) to monitor uptake of flu and covid vaccines. For 2022-23, the CDC found that only 39% of HCP took last fall's bivalent covid booster. For physicians, the share was 55%. For NP/PA 49% and for nurses 45%. (The CDC did not break out how many of these providers faced workplace mandates to take the shot.) Self-reported responses would likely be subject to upward bias given social pressure, so it is notable that the responses are as low as they are even so. Employer mandates also contributed to those who took the bivalent booster; for HCP who worked in places where the bivalent booster was not recommended or required, only 17% took it.

Thus, the CDC survey found that the majority of health care personnel did not take last year's bivalent booster themselves. The top three reasons given were 1) concern over vaccine side effects, 2) bad reaction to prior vaccine, and 3) belief that boosters do not provide additional protection to original vaccines. No survey has been released yet which covers the new 2023-24 covid vaccine.
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/fluvaxview/hcp-coverage_22-23-estimates.htm[/quote]

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