Space wrote:Just go get it. I don't agree with your contention that there will be a supply chain issue 2 months from now when kids can get shots and the booster age is lowered but if that was the case, doesn't it make sense to get now when there's a glut of doses? Additionally, what is gained by waiting? Maybe your immunity level hasn't started to drop, but if not, what is harmed by going ahead and getting ahead of time?
So when should I get my booster? I got my second shot April 9. I'm technically eligible now, since I have a BMI over 25.
COVID-19 2020
Space wrote:
So when should I get my booster? I got my second shot April 9. I'm technically eligible now, since I have a BMI over 25.
I feel like I could go a few more months, but also feel like once they approve it for little kids and a booster for everyone 40+, it might get harder to get it.
I signed up for 11/2 at the local CVS.
Julian, wrote:Space wrote:Just go get it. I don't agree with your contention that there will be a supply chain issue 2 months from now when kids can get shots and the booster age is lowered but if that was the case, doesn't it make sense to get now when there's a glut of doses? Additionally, what is gained by waiting? Maybe your immunity level hasn't started to drop, but if not, what is harmed by going ahead and getting ahead of time?
So when should I get my booster? I got my second shot April 9. I'm technically eligible now, since I have a BMI over 25.
But I'm working from home five days a week, not visting with anyone who is high risk, not eating or doing anything indoors other than a couple of masked concerts with fully vaccinated patrons until the end of the year. I'm still very well protected against serious illness.
How long does the third shot effectiveness last? Am I going to have to keep getting a new shot every six months?
Space wrote:Am I going to have to keep getting a new shot every six months?
Yes. Or possibly annually.
Space wrote:Julian, wrote:Space wrote:Just go get it. I don't agree with your contention that there will be a supply chain issue 2 months from now when kids can get shots and the booster age is lowered but if that was the case, doesn't it make sense to get now when there's a glut of doses? Additionally, what is gained by waiting? Maybe your immunity level hasn't started to drop, but if not, what is harmed by going ahead and getting ahead of time?
So when should I get my booster? I got my second shot April 9. I'm technically eligible now, since I have a BMI over 25.
But I'm working from home five days a week, not visting with anyone who is high risk, not eating or doing anything indoors other than a couple of masked concerts with fully vaccinated patrons until the end of the year. I'm still very well protected against serious illness.
How long does the third shot effectiveness last? Am I going to have to keep getting a new shot every six months?
Why'd you get vaccinated in the first place if you still do nothing other than attend fully vaxxed/masked concerts? Seems like you're pretty low risk for catching or spreading it.
Space wrote:How could we possibly know (re: your first question)? No one has had a third shot for more than 4-ish months yet in any trials.
How long does the third shot effectiveness last? Am I going to have to keep getting a new shot every six months?
It would seem likely that we will need periodic booster shots for COVID the same way we do the flu or tetanus, but I think anyone who is telling you definitively if that's going to be "every 6 months" or "every 6 years" or some specific point on the timeline between the two is probably talking out their butt.
Yada wrote:Space wrote:Julian, wrote:Space wrote:Just go get it. I don't agree with your contention that there will be a supply chain issue 2 months from now when kids can get shots and the booster age is lowered but if that was the case, doesn't it make sense to get now when there's a glut of doses? Additionally, what is gained by waiting? Maybe your immunity level hasn't started to drop, but if not, what is harmed by going ahead and getting ahead of time?
So when should I get my booster? I got my second shot April 9. I'm technically eligible now, since I have a BMI over 25.
But I'm working from home five days a week, not visting with anyone who is high risk, not eating or doing anything indoors other than a couple of masked concerts with fully vaccinated patrons until the end of the year. I'm still very well protected against serious illness.
How long does the third shot effectiveness last? Am I going to have to keep getting a new shot every six months?
Why'd you get vaccinated in the first place if you still do nothing other than attend fully vaxxed/masked concerts? Seems like you're pretty low risk for catching or spreading it.
I meant in the next three months or so, I have nothing but low risk activities planned/
I got vaxxed in the first place because I wanted to reduce the risk of serious illness if I did get it. Now I feel like I'm still very well protected even if I do catch it.
I also had two airplanes rides and airport shuttle rides on the horizon, which I felt were medium risk. And was visiting my unvaxxed mother. Now, I have nothing of that nature planned in the immediate future.
Thursday: COVID Booster/Flu Shot doubledip.
Julian, wrote:Space wrote:How could we possibly know (re: your first question)? No one has had a third shot for more than 4-ish months yet in any trials.
How long does the third shot effectiveness last? Am I going to have to keep getting a new shot every six months?
It would seem likely that we will need periodic booster shots for COVID the same way we do the flu or tetanus, but I think anyone who is telling you definitively if that's going to be "every 6 months" or "every 6 years" or some specific point on the timeline between the two is probably talking out their butt.
I agree with everything you're saying. I'll definitely get shot #3 in 2021 but don't feel the sense of urgency I did in getting shot #1. Though also not criticizing anyone who does.
challenged wrote:
Thursday: COVID Booster/Flu Shot doubledip.
Why not make it a triple shot and get teh Shringrix?
Space wrote:I was not old enough or I would've. (My mother was so horrifically destroyed by shingles I am terrified of getting that after seeing it.) My wife and I both did the flu/covid double (and got laid out on the couch for a solid day each).challenged wrote:
Thursday: COVID Booster/Flu Shot doubledip.
Why not make it a triple shot and get teh Shringrix?
Julian, wrote:Space wrote:I was not old enough or I would've. (My mother was so horrifically destroyed by shingles I am terrified of getting that after seeing it.) My wife and I both did the flu/covid double (and got laid out on the couch for a solid day each).challenged wrote:
Thursday: COVID Booster/Flu Shot doubledip.
Why not make it a triple shot and get teh Shringrix?
I don't think Shingrix is offered at the place I am getting boostered/flued. I need that Shingrix though. I think in November I will try to get it.
Julian, wrote:Space wrote:I was not old enough or I would've. (My mother was so horrifically destroyed by shingles I am terrified of getting that after seeing it.) My wife and I both did the flu/covid double (and got laid out on the couch for a solid day each).challenged wrote:
Thursday: COVID Booster/Flu Shot doubledip.
Why not make it a triple shot and get teh Shringrix?
I did the Shringrix separately. Of the two COVID shots and two Shringrix shots, only the second Shringrix made me feel tired and gave me a fever (though it still did a 10+ mile bike ride.) I don't know that I'll do a double shot with the flu vaccine.
Anecdotal of course, but one FB friend reported that the COVID booster was much more brutal than the first two.
Again anecdotal, but the third Moderna shot was like running face first into a brick wall for both my wife and I and we both had had the most minor of side effects from Doses 1 and 2 (and my extraneous J&J).
Space wrote:challenged wrote:
Thursday: COVID Booster/Flu Shot doubledip.
Why not make it a triple shot and get teh Shringrix?
Also getting the double shot Thursday. Wedding anniversary Friday. Guess I'll spend the day in bed. Shingrix 2 TBD
Julian, wrote:
Again anecdotal, but the third Moderna shot was like running face first into a brick wall for both my wife and I and we both had had the most minor of side effects from Doses 1 and 2 (and my extraneous J&J).
Wonder if this was because your antibodies were pretty much still intact from your first three shots? At this point of course I'm talking out of my ass.
Space wrote:Man, I’d only be talking out my ass on that. Let me try to give some details with as little ass talk as possible: my wife did not get a publicity-induced shot of J+J and she was solidly 8+ months out from her second dose. I have to believe — as a person who says “trust scientists” — that there is some truth to waning immunity. Her reaction to moderna #3 has to mean something. I can’t say if it’s a bug or a feature.Julian, wrote:
Again anecdotal, but the third Moderna shot was like running face first into a brick wall for both my wife and I and we both had had the most minor of side effects from Doses 1 and 2 (and my extraneous J&J).
Wonder if this was because your antibodies were pretty much still intact from your first three shots? At this point of course I'm talking out of my ass.
That said, I also agree with you that I was not as thirsty to get shot 4 as I was shot one. I’ll probably be fine if I contract COVID. My wife will too, from a look at the comorbidities . That said I think people need to what their personal goal is. From a public health standpoint, it makes no difference socially if I get COVID and get don’t get sick enough that I take up a hospital bed and require interventions.
But I personally would prefer not to get COVID. I’d prefer not to get COVID and not get sick but potentially long term effects. I’d prefer to never contract COVID. I don’t think that’s a life or death difference at this point for me. But it’s my preference. Hence, I’ll get a third/fourth shot. Just me.
If you’ve got two shots in your arm, I’m not going to give you grief for not getting a booster as quick as I do absent new info that’s unarguable coming out.
Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub has a breakthrough COVID19 case. Feeling okay after a rough few days per his Twitter.
challenged wrote:Thanks. I can go to sleep now with this update.
Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub has a breakthrough COVID19 case. Feeling okay after a rough few days per his Twitter.
Julian, wrote:challenged wrote:Thanks. I can go to sleep now with this update.
Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub has a breakthrough COVID19 case. Feeling okay after a rough few days per his Twitter.
:-X
https://www.psypost.org/2021/10/news-avoidance-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-is-associated-with-better-mental-well-being-61968