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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

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

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.

Same here. I had covid back in early October. My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

Less than a month away. You can mask in the meantime. (FYI: only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)

PP just had it, why do they need a mask?

PP's doctor told her to wait to get the new vaccine. The masking will help possibly protecte her in the meantime.

PP already has immunity to a more recent covid strain than what is in the booster.

I think there might be multiple strains circulating at the same time. (Check out the CDC for more info)

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

Are you saying to refer to Cornell's guidelines over the CDCs when decision making about vaccines???

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/

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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

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

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.

Same here. I had covid back in early October. My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

Less than a month away. You can mask in the meantime. (FYI: only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)

PP just had it, why do they need a mask?

PP's doctor told her to wait to get the new vaccine. The masking will help possibly protecte her in the meantime.

PP already has immunity to a more recent covid strain than what is in the booster.

I think there might be multiple strains circulating at the same time. (Check out the CDC for more info)

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

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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

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

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.

Same here. I had covid back in early October. My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

Less than a month away. You can mask in the meantime. (FYI: only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)

PP just had it, why do they need a mask?

PP's doctor told her to wait to get the new vaccine. The masking will help possibly protecte her in the meantime.

PP already has immunity to a more recent covid strain than what is in the booster.

I think there might be multiple strains circulating at the same time. (Check out the CDC for more info)

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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

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

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.

Same here. I had covid back in early October. My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

Less than a month away. You can mask in the meantime. (FYI: only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)

PP just had it, why do they need a mask?

PP's doctor told her to wait to get the new vaccine. The masking will help possibly protecte her in the meantime.

PP already has immunity to a more recent covid strain than what is in the booster.

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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

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

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.

Same here. I had covid back in early October. My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

Less than a month away. You can mask in the meantime. (FYI: only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)

PP just had it, why do they need a mask?

PP's doctor told her to wait to get the new vaccine. The masking will help possibly protecte her in the meantime.

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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

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

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.

Same here. I had covid back in early October. My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

Less than a month away. You can mask in the meantime. (FYI: only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)

PP just had it, why do they need a mask?

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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

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

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.

Same here. I had covid back in early October. My PCP suggested I wait 3 months before getting the updated vaccine.

Less than a month away. You can mask in the meantime. (FYI: only n95 is effective in protecting YOU)

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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

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

if you are 80+ and get covid and die, even with other conditions, it is the covid that most likely pushed you over the edge. It is covid that caused it. So I don't see the difference, unless the person was in hospice already or stage 4 cancer.

I see a massive difference, because an 80+ year old is already pretty close to dying. It's not the covid that caused them to die, so much as their age - It is NORMAL for a 80+ year old to die or at least be close to death.

Once people have lived to 80 and are still up and about, with it, and doing things like traveling, writing, working, running the country, most of them have a good decade ahead of them. They don't want to get COVID and have that cut short.

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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

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

if you are 80+ and get covid and die, even with other conditions, it is the covid that most likely pushed you over the edge. It is covid that caused it. So I don't see the difference, unless the person was in hospice already or stage 4 cancer.

I see a massive difference, because an 80+ year old is already pretty close to dying. It's not the covid that caused them to die, so much as their age - It is NORMAL for a 80+ year old to die or at least be close to death.

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Anonymous wrote:Local health departments in Georgia are trying to increase uptake of the new booster by giving people a $100 gift card if they get the shot.
https://coastalhealthdistrict.org/incentive/

Historically incentives have helped. I think Krispy Kreme donuts and others offered to help.

Seems like gift cards are popular. Georgia is giving away $100 Walmart gift cards if people get the new vaccine. Kansas City is giving $25 Walmart gift cards for the same purpose, with funding provided through HHS grants.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/kansas-city-health-providers-see-little-to-no-interest-in-latest-covid-vaccine/ar-AA1lk7hG
"People who are 65 or older or have a disability can qualify for two $25 Walmart gift cards — one for each shot they receive [flu and covid]. In addition to getting the vaccines, participants have to fill out a survey to receive the gift cards, which are funded by the Center for Popular Democracy through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services."

As of 2021, CDC funded programs can give as much as a $100 gift card per person as an incentive to take a covid vaccine. https://www.cdc.gov/orr/readiness/00_docs/using_federal_funds_to_support_covid-19_response_incentives_update_august_12_final.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Local health departments in Georgia are trying to increase uptake of the new booster by giving people a $100 gift card if they get the shot.
https://coastalhealthdistrict.org/incentive/

Historically incentives have helped. I think Krispy Kreme donuts and others offered to help.

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Anonymous wrote:I got COVID two months ago. I got the flu vaccination last week. I'm good.

But how do you know which strain you got? You might need the new Covid vaccine for the current strains.

do you think we need to be getting vaccinated every 2 months???

No, but a yearly shot and actually testing if sick and most importantly, staying home/masking if you are sick. Basically, giving a shit about others. Fact is covid is "mild" for some, but for many it is not. And even for those that it's "mild", they have a 30%+ chance of getting long covid.

I know people who refuse to test. Because they dont' want to be told "don't go to the office". THey'd rather just go with a "cold" and infect everyone. But that is a bit too self centered for me. If I'm sick, I'm not going to expose everyone else to it.

I don’t test. But, I’m barely going out as I cannot risk getting sick and mask everywhere. What is the point of testing. If you have a cold, flu or Covid, anyone decent would stay home. All are highly contegious. I don’t see the point in testing except to talk to a doctor. They will not give me Covid meds based off my medical history so the only reason to test it to try to figure out what is going on.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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?

I don't test because I don't have a cold, or flue or any other symptoms. Not vaccinated, still never had Covid.