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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then you by all means should be getting every booster. My kids not getting one has absolutely no impact on you. Sure it might lessen their symptoms (which were a minor cold btw) if they get it.

How is it 2024 and people still don't know this?

Actually, herd immunity is a vital part of public health. It's very sad that we've had such a breakdown in our cultural sense of responsibility to one another. Polio is actually a very mild illness for most people (and, like covid, actually worse for adults than children), but we decided that the risk of potentially deadly and debilitating illness for a few is worth vaccinating everyone. What has happened to our sense of obligation to the public good?

I completely agree with herd immunity. We get all of our vaccines and stay up to date. This particular vaccine, however, is marginally effective for such a short period of time that I don’t feel like we’re contributing anything to the health of the herd by getting it. Besides, we haven’t gotten covid since May 2021 and we do test on occasion.

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How does someone in 2024 still not know that the Covid vaccine is not a sterilizing vaccine and has never been shown to prevent transmission? It may lower your risk of infection for a few weeks or maybe months, which is not enough of a third party benefit to moralize about when almost everyone has some degree of natural immunity. We don't even have good evidence that repeated boosters lower the severity of your inevitable infection, and that benefits outweigh risks (every medical intervention has risks). The risks almost certainly outweigh the benefits for adolescent males.

Our whole family had three Covid shots and my kids are up to date on all traditional vaccines, but we don't get Covid boosters.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then you by all means should be getting every booster. My kids not getting one has absolutely no impact on you. Sure it might lessen their symptoms (which were a minor cold btw) if they get it.

How is it 2024 and people still don't know this?

Actually, herd immunity is a vital part of public health. It's very sad that we've had such a breakdown in our cultural sense of responsibility to one another. Polio is actually a very mild illness for most people (and, like covid, actually worse for adults than children), but we decided that the risk of potentially deadly and debilitating illness for a few is worth vaccinating everyone. What has happened to our sense of obligation to the public good?

I completely agree with herd immunity. We get all of our vaccines and stay up to date. This particular vaccine, however, is marginally effective for such a short period of time that I don’t feel like we’re contributing anything to the health of the herd by getting it. Besides, we haven’t gotten covid since May 2021 and we do test on occasion.

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Anonymous wrote:The vaccine is about 32% effective at preventing infection at 10 weeks. It’ll barely get you to Christmas, if at all.

Thats total bs

“After peaking at four weeks, booster effectiveness waned over time. Effectiveness at preventing infection decreased to 32.6% after 10 weeks and 20.4% after 20 weeks, while effectiveness at preventing hospitalization decreased to 57.1% after 10 weeks.”

https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/study-shows-effectiveness-of-updated-covid-19-vaccines-wanes-moderately-over-time-is-lower-against-currently-circulating-variants/

My DH just had COVID at the beginning of September. Very mild despite having asthma. None of the rest of us tested positive (with EOD rapid tests), which is the exact same situation as the last two times DH had COVID. Since we don’t seem to be susceptible, I may get it eventually, but won’t force the kids. We all got flu shots a few weeks ago.

Anonymous wrote:The vaccine is about 32% effective at preventing infection at 10 weeks. It’ll barely get you to Christmas, if at all.

Thats total bs

Yes. Faithfully.

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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

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.

Spouse and I had never had it before, teen had. All three of us got the new variant and we all felt like death for 7-10 days. I have never been so sick in my life. Went through every possible type of symptom, like having a brand new virus every day.

Teen had the same experience as we did, even though he had very few symptoms for only a day last time he had covid.

Just a warning, this new variant is no joke.

Experiences vary quite a bit, especially for those who have already had it. I had it three weeks ago and it was like a nuisance cold, and my teen just had a scratchy throat.

The vaccine is about 32% effective at preventing infection at 10 weeks. It’ll barely get you to Christmas, if at all.

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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

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.

Spouse and I had never had it before, teen had. All three of us got the new variant and we all felt like death for 7-10 days. I have never been so sick in my life. Went through every possible type of symptom, like having a brand new virus every day.

Teen had the same experience as we did, even though he had very few symptoms for only a day last time he had covid.

Just a warning, this new variant is no joke.

I will report back in five months our experience without the booster. I just picked five months arbitrarily. I don’t know how long the variants last.

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Anonymous wrote:My teens last got covid shots in December 2022 and were each sick for 4 days, high fever, vomitting and aches / headache.

I then read that the latest strain of Covid has exactly the same symptoms and lasts about 4 days.

So I've not made them go through it again. Flu shots but not Covid shots, same for me.

The vaccine doesn’t get you sick with Covid. Educate yourself

No, dummy she’s saying that we’re sick with vaccine side effects—which is common with the Covid vaccine.

Don’t tell people to “educate yourself” ever again because you lack basic comprehension skills.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Then you by all means should be getting every booster. My kids not getting one has absolutely no impact on you. Sure it might lessen their symptoms (which were a minor cold btw) if they get it.

How is it 2024 and people still don't know this?

Actually, herd immunity is a vital part of public health. It's very sad that we've had such a breakdown in our cultural sense of responsibility to one another. Polio is actually a very mild illness for most people (and, like covid, actually worse for adults than children), but we decided that the risk of potentially deadly and debilitating illness for a few is worth vaccinating everyone. What has happened to our sense of obligation to the public good?

We get a booster for Covid and flu every year. We're all going to get the Novavax tomorrow at CVS. Next month, we'll get the flu shot. We prefer to get the flu shot later in the fall so that we're still covered in the spring.

My teen got the flu shot, but we decided to wait until winter break for the COVID shot. Reasoning is that there is a high probability that he's already been recently exposed at college, we aren't really traveling for winter break or having visitors, and he plays a spring sport so he'd theoretically like to still have good protection then (starts to wane around 3 or 4 months).

Of course, if he gets really sick with it in the next couple of months we'll be kicking ourselves, but this was the choice we made.

No. Mine hit the first two shots a few years ago. No boosters since. They get flu shots, though.

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Anonymous wrote:My teens last got covid shots in December 2022 and were each sick for 4 days, high fever, vomitting and aches / headache.

I then read that the latest strain of Covid has exactly the same symptoms and lasts about 4 days.

So I've not made them go through it again. Flu shots but not Covid shots, same for me.

The vaccine doesn’t get you sick with Covid. Educate yourself

She didn’t say that. She said she got sick. Many many people feel sick after Covid shots (same can happen with flu vaccines too). It’s the body’s reaction to the vaccine but not Covid itself. My dad has to get the Covid booster because of his advanced age but he knows by now that he will be in bed for close to 24 hours after it with chills and body aches.