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SoonerPride

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12. I think the science shots boosters aren't wifdely needed

Reply to DET (Reply #11)

Fri Sep 17, 2021, 02:57 PM

Sep 2021

The purpose of the vaccine is to keep you out of the hospital or dead from covid.

Not to immunize you against catching it at all or even getting sick fro it.

So far the data seems to suggest even with waning antibody levels they are sufficient iin the vast majority of the under 65 populations to do what they were intended to do.

Would I like a booster? sure
But is it really necessary? no, not really.

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FDA advisory committee votes against Pfizer booster shot per Bloomberg [View all] JohnSJ Sep 2021 OP

Yikes. So we should just watch our immunity slowly wane away? lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #1

I just edited the OP. This was for the broad use of boosters. Now they are consider a limited JohnSJ Sep 2021 #6

My husband, a 71 year old heath care worker, may need to quit his job. In_The_Wind Sep 2021 #2

Recommended for him, yay. wryter2000 Sep 2021 #23

Shit wryter2000 Sep 2021 #3

okay then I'll get a Moderna booster. Cobalt Violet Sep 2021 #4

They weren't even trying to approve Moderna booster. LisaL Sep 2021 #8

Right now the boosters are just what you got before. BannonsLiver Sep 2021 #17

More details here: Ocelot II Sep 2021 #5

Thanks, I also edited the OP to reflect that. It is an advisory committee that could also be JohnSJ Sep 2021 #7

Who are these people? LisaL Sep 2021 #9

An advisory committee to the FDA. They haven't ruled on boosters just for an older population JohnSJ Sep 2021 #10

Lost Trust DET Sep 2021 #11

I think the science shots boosters aren't wifdely needed SoonerPride Sep 2021 #12

I'll be getting one soon anyway. BannonsLiver Sep 2021 #13

But that was before today LeftInTX Sep 2021 #18

I'll follow the science. Treefrog Sep 2021 #14

I'm glad I did. Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #24

Good! Treefrog Sep 2021 #25

The vaccine could probably still be given "off label" TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2021 #16

I understand the angst TheRealNorth Sep 2021 #19

Immune-compromised are already eligible for boosters. LisaL Sep 2021 #20

I'm 61 and have diabetes meow2u3 Sep 2021 #21

Boosters are allowed for immuno compromised. LisaL Sep 2021 #22