Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:39     Subject: Re:Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:i got the flu shot, covid and shingles all at once, no problems.

Historically only about 35% of adults get the flu shot a year anyway. It's 36% this year. I mean why go in for the flu shot and then not get the COVID shot, it's silly.

But adults (18-64) have a low rate of vaccines in general.

It's odd that the 65 and older crowd get the flu vaccine at about 65% and are on pace to do that, but don't get the COVID shot while they are there.


Same, all for free, at the supermarket. I did plan ahead to do it on a Friday before a quiet weekend. I think that's key. I do need a bit more sleep and downtime after feeling awful for a few hours. Better than being down for days and days later.


I have two toddlers and work FT. I don't have quiet weekends or weekdays.


Feel free to skip it then!
Good luck if you catch something. Seriously. I hope you have some help or your DH steps up.


I am not the PP but you are insinuating if the PP got the vaccine, he/she would not get COVID- this is simply not true since it doesn't stop transmission. So they could get the vaccine, be sick for a few days, and wait for it, still get COVID.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:38     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Country is full of idiots. But you knew that.


+900000000


It's okay. Just like we couldn't change behavior during the pandemic, we can't really get the stupid people to vax. Who cares if they die. I'm tired of caring at this point.


This is about boosters for people who already have the primary vax. When you call people who are vaccinated against covid “anti-vaxxers” you sound like a f-ing moron.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:37     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Eh, I got my Covid booster when I got my flu shot. My kids only got the flu shot. My DH got his flu shot earlier but not the Covid booster.

Personally, I am most "excited" about be able to get the Shingles vaccine once I am 50.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:33     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
What are we in for???

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2023/11/18/only-14-of-us-adults-have-gotten-latest-updated-covid-19-vaccine/


The same exact thing we would be in for if the majority of Americans got the latest booster.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:30     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Got mine at work same day as the flu shot!
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:28     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Yes, I couldn't believe the statistics, the stupidity and politics around vaccines in our country are depressing. Especially the low rates for long term care residents and adults over the age of 60, and then compare the rates to the same population groups in Europe.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:16     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Is anyone actually dying from covid anymore?


1.4 million in the US alone so far this year:

https://covid19.who.int/region/amro/country/us


Sorry make that 1.14 million.


Have died of covid this year? Hahahahahahaha.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:15     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone actually dying from covid anymore?


1.4 million in the US alone so far this year:

https://covid19.who.int/region/amro/country/us


Is that dying FROM covid, or dying WITH covid? How many of those people were already in frail health?


Statistica had it at 500/ day but that might include last winter, it might have been the whole year not 2023.

NYT has it at about 200/day.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:15     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:People are so dumb. Wake up.

Covid is seriously messing with our immune systems and you need to do all you can to protect yourself and your families


I haven't been sick since omicron in January 2022. I travel, live with preschoolers, never wear a mask, and wash my hands less than most (in recovery from OCD). Tell me again how my immune system is messed with?
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:13     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone actually dying from covid anymore?


1.4 million in the US alone so far this year:

https://covid19.who.int/region/amro/country/us


Is that dying FROM covid, or dying WITH covid? How many of those people were already in frail health?
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:11     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone actually dying from covid anymore?


1.4 million in the US alone so far this year:

https://covid19.who.int/region/amro/country/us


Sorry make that 1.14 million.


Sure over the entire pandemic but recently? It’s fairly low.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:08     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone actually dying from covid anymore?


1.4 million in the US alone so far this year:

https://covid19.who.int/region/amro/country/us


Sorry make that 1.14 million.


Forgive me, that’s the cumulative total since 2020. People are still dying but not at rates from earlier.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:07     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone actually dying from covid anymore?


1.4 million in the US alone so far this year:

https://covid19.who.int/region/amro/country/us


Sorry make that 1.14 million.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:07     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:Is anyone actually dying from covid anymore?


1.4 million in the US alone so far this year:

https://covid19.who.int/region/amro/country/us
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 09:04     Subject: Only ~14% Of U.S. Adults Have Gotten Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Update
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Covid knocked me out for about 2-3 days and I've only had it once, and the vaccine knocks me out for 1-2 days (for semi annually, it would take me out for more days).

I get flu shots, and covid was MUCH better than getting the flu. So, it's better for me to just get actual covid and get better immunity. No more covid jabs for me.


It can get worse after multiple infections, and long Covid risk increases after multiple infections. And the vaccine is for the newer strains of Covid.


I got Covid 2 months ago - so it took me 3.5 years to get it for the first time.

Look, there are also risks with the vaccine, and it doesn't prevent infection or spread. If you want to get your shots then go for it, but pretending like the covid shot is just like other vaccines is simplistic at best, irresponsible at worst.


Another public health messaging debacle. And they wonder why the number of parents forgoing measles and polio shots are increasing.


The hyper pro covid vaccine argument is seriously problematic, because as you mentioned it's causing people to forgo other MUCH more important (and effective) shots. Skipping the covid vax but getting the others doesn't remotely make someone "antivax." It's unfortunate that some people lump ALL vaccines in the same boat without using data to differentiate.