My post is above. Think of us people on cancer drugs that lower our immunity! If the fever is over 100.5 we’re supposed to call the doctor and it can mean ending up in the hospital in an isolation room. I had 103 fever with Covid and my lungs hurt so bad with the coughing. I didn’t call because at that point I didn’t think they could do anything. It would be more preventative than anything.

Anonymous wrote:I promise I'm not a paranoid still wearing masks, but can the folks saying no say why? At this point, why isn't it any different from getting the flu shot?

It’s not any different than getting a flu shot. They both try to protect you from a miserable illness.

I got Covid and it was pure agony for five days. I’ll get both shots.

No, the shots made them feel worse than having Covid. Plus they always seem to be an iteration behind on what’s circulating.

We get flu shots bc those don’t make us feel like lukewarm death.

Yes! Both got it Labor Day weekend

Their choice. One wanted it, one didn't.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We are not getting them anymore.

We only got the flu shot.

Why bother with the flu shot if you don’t think you should get a COVID vax. Seems stupid.

COVID is still more deadly than the flu - https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/110126

We don’t do either. None of the 5 of us has had the flu in years or Covid. Two in college have been sick so they’ve been tested but it’s always some random virus.

No. None of them have had one since 2021. No plans to ever get another one.

No

Anonymous wrote:I promise I'm not a paranoid still wearing masks, but can the folks saying no say why? At this point, why isn't it any different from getting the flu shot?

We all got three covid shots in our family (my teen boys are 17 and 18 now). No more covid shots for us for a few small reasons that add up to a totally unnecessary shot in our opinion --
1. We all caught covid (some of us have had it twice) in the 3 years since being vaccinated in 2021, and it was always just a very mild cold (sore throat, fever, slight cough for a day or two)
2. The covid shots made us feel blah and feverish for a day or two
3. No doctors (at our family practice, at the college health center, at the ER after a broken bone, at the ortho) are asking us if we have had a covid booster. They only ask if we have had our flu shot (which we all have).

So we always get a flu shot (and have for the past 20 years) in September. But we do not see any reason to get a covid shot. It is no longer a novel virus. Our bodies fight this coronavirus very easily, and getting a shot does not prevent us from spreading it to others.

So I hope that helps you understand our reasoning!

Yes. My 14 and 18 year olds have gotten all available boosters.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. We are not getting them anymore.

We only got the flu shot.

Why bother with the flu shot if you don’t think you should get a COVID vax. Seems stupid.

COVID is still more deadly than the flu - https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/110126

The linked article is about men over 70. We’re talking about teens here.

This new variant is gonna knock you and your teens on your butts.

Maybe, maybe not. None of the previous variants have so maybe we’re due.

We got the first two or three. Not sure it is worth it now. As I read it the benefits for that age are questionable and outside the US it is generally not recommended for under 50s.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. We are not getting them anymore.

We only got the flu shot.

Why bother with the flu shot if you don’t think you should get a COVID vax. Seems stupid.

COVID is still more deadly than the flu - https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/110126

The linked article is about men over 70. We’re talking about teens here.

This new variant is gonna knock you and your teens on your butts.

of course! they get every booster.

this year we are timing it for late October. That way they will be less likely to have covid over thanksgiving and Christmas when we will be around grandparents and they will still be pretty boosted during the dec thru feb surge that is likely.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. We are not getting them anymore.

We only got the flu shot.

Why bother with the flu shot if you don’t think you should get a COVID vax. Seems stupid.

COVID is still more deadly than the flu - https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/110126

The linked article is about men over 70. We’re talking about teens here.