{COVID-19} Vaccination Injection Interjections VIII - Who cares at this point

[thetruepandagod]

do those little lines mean im going to finally get it?

[archibaldcrane]

He's right
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/sta...A47LOcZRQ&s=19

[Tymon]

I think I'm gonna get mine tomorrow

Been months since my last infection AND can get me out of having to drive all the way to my mom's on sunday. Double win

[Tyrath]

He's right
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/sta...A47LOcZRQ&s=19

My booster was Oct. I want a 2nd one lol

[Salodin]

Congress defunded HRSA, I'm curious how vaccine supply is going to work now. There's no more free money for vaccines or PCR testing I'm honestly doubtful this variant matters tbh, the money has left and no one wants to cover covid related billing anymore. They're just going to pretend it doesn't matter as it ravages the unvaxed as hard as every other wave. Quote me if I'm wrong 2 months from now, but I'm confident this is the first wave that we just treat as another flu.

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[Tyrath]

Congress defunded HRSA, I'm curious how vaccine supply is going to work now. There's no more free money for vaccines or PCR testing I'm honestly doubtful this variant matters tbh, the money has left and no one wants to cover covid related billing anymore. They're just going to pretend it doesn't matter as it ravages the unvaxed as hard as every other wave. Quote me if I'm wrong 2 months from now, but I'm confident this is the first wave that we just treat as another flu.

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As long as it's just the unvaxxed then w/e

[Vaspinne]

Are the boosters still vaccines based on one of the early/initial strains of Covid? Or do we have/are we gonna soon have a booster specifically aimed at an Omicron mutated strain?

[Tyrath]

I think the current boosters are still just the originals. Haven't heard about any omicron targeting boosters being approved yet

[Mayareira]

afaik booster specifically targeting omicron is under development by Pfizer but not in use yet. They were aiming for May or something.

Current boosters are the original one.

[Vaspinne]

Ahh I see I see. Here's hoping they do come out in May or June. My 6 months after my booster is around July and even if it meant waiting an extra month or two, I'd rather get something targeted moreso towards the current prominent strains then the one from 2 years ago

[Tyrath]

Ahh I see I see. Here's hoping they do come out in May or June. My 6 months after my booster is around July and even if it meant waiting an extra month or two, I'd rather get something targeted moreso towards the current prominent strains then the one from 2 years ago

If cases rise again I'd take whatever I can get lol

[synistar]

Unless you're old or immunocompromised, a 2nd booster only has marginal benefits.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2202542

https://www.latimes.com/science/stor...on-study-finds

Israeli healthcare workers who were boosted with a fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine at the height of the Omicron wave were only marginally more protected against reinfection than their peers who had received three jabs of vaccine, researchers reported Wednesday.

Compared to getting two initial doses and one booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Comirnaty vaccine, adding a second booster shot reduced the rate of coronavirus infection by just 30%.

The fourth dose was somewhat more effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The healthcare workers who got the second booster shot were 43% less likely to show signs of illness than were those who hadn’t.

Using Spikevax, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, as a second booster shot was even less effective at preventing coronavirus infections in this group of younger, generally healthy Israelis. Recipients were only 11% less likely than those who had gotten three doses of vaccine to be reinfected during Israel’s Omicron wave, and they were 31% less likely to suffer symptoms of COVID-19.

[Tyrath]

Recipients were only 11% less likely than those who had gotten three doses of vaccine to be reinfected during Israel’s Omicron wave, and they were 31% less likely to suffer symptoms of COVID-19.

I mean I'll take that lol

I'm a gamer. I'm all for minmaxing.

[Tymon]

31% is a huge number, especially when "symptoms of COVID-19" can include losing your fucking smell for a year

[Rhyis.]

hopefully the omicron specific vaccine has better percentages for the future

[Tyrath]

If it doesn't then there would be no point to rolling out an omicron specific one

[Day]

Covid is over quit trying to make it happen

[Salodin]

Covid is over quit trying to make it happen

This but unironically

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[Outlaw]

It probably won't be ready till the fall but I know of I'm getting it. I would be one of the unlucky ones that lose their sense of smell/taste.

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[Tymon]

Just gonna pop in with an anecdote that after numerous months of altered smell/taste somebody suggested Flonase to me. Within 10 days of daily use my smell and taste has completely returned.

There is a study to its effectiveness as well: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3349...h%20COVID%2D19.