Posted on 04/07/2021 1:53:04 AM PDT by conservative98
The reported side effects from the second dose of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines have increased so-called vaccine hesitancy. But public health officials urge Americans to get both doses. Here is why.
The United States is now averaging more than 3 million vaccine shots every day. Even as the program is accelerating, new cases are stubbornly still on the rise.
Side effects coming with the second dose of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines have increased so-called vaccine hesitancy. Some people are even hoping to get away with just one shot. But the National Institutes of Health is warning against stopping at one dose.
"When you just leave it at one dose, the question is, how long does it last?" Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of NIAID, said. "And when you're dealing with variants, you're in a tenuous zone."
Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the vaccine education center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, urges people to get both shots despite the side effects associated with the second dose.
"Although it's true the second dose can cause fatigue and fever and headache and muscle ache, it is a small price to pay to be protected against this disease for a more durable or longer length period of time," Offit said.
He said that the overwhelming scientific evidence shows that both doses offer the best protection against COVID19.
"Vaccines are the only way out of this pandemic and we are not going to get out of this pandemic unless we have at least 80% population immunity," Offit said. "You owe it to yourself and everyone you come in contact with to get this vaccine."
Dr. Shereef Elnahal, the CEO of University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, also urges people not to be afraid of the mild side effects involving the second dose.
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MANY SKIP SECOND DOSE
COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States
CDC |Data as of: Apr 06 2021 6:00am ET | Posted: Apr 6 2021 1:34PM ET
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations
People Vaccinated
At Least One Dose
Total
108,301,234
% of Total Population
32.6%
Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
107,609,937
% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
41.7%
Population ≥ 65 Years of Age
41,537,908
% of Population ≥ 65 Years of Age
75.9%
Not getting the 1st dose until there is at least 5 years of studies showing the long term effects of taking this vaccine.
Donated my doses already
Dr. Fallacy, hero for Julia Roberts
The same guy who said it was very, very low risk for Americans.
Yeah. The same guy who said that.
BY J. EDWARD MORENO - 01/26/20 07:00 AM EST
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said Sunday the American public shouldn’t worry about the coronavirus outbreak in China.
“It’s a very, very low risk to the United States,” Fauci said during an interview with radio show host John Catsimatidis.
Good lord... this after the CDC spent all winter going on and in about how one dose was more than enough so they could expand coverage and quash the pandemic.
Now, like the shoddy mask science and shoddy lockdown science and just like every other mismanagement by this org they now want to backtrack on the words they made just weeks ago.
Pathetic.
Full vaccination statistics added here. Some media people are making up controversial stories or exaggerating to get attention, ad revenues, etc.
Many vaccination locations only began to vaccinate people who are not over 65 years of age a few days ago. From the numbers below, you’ll see that most people are getting their second vaccinations as availability allows.
COVID-19 Vaccinations in the United States
CDC |Data as of: Apr 06 2021 6:00am ET | Posted: Apr 6 2021 1:34PM ET
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations
People Vaccinated
At Least One Dose
Total
108,301,234
% of Total Population
32.6%
Fully Vaccinated
63,016,976
%
19%
Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
107,609,937
% of Population ≥ 18 Years of Age
41.7%
Fully Vaccinated
62,885,968
%
24.4%
Population ≥ 65 Years of Age
41,537,908
% of Population ≥ 65 Years of Age
75.9%
Fully Vaccinated
30,976,740
%
56.6%
People with first vaccinations will wait nearly a month before being vaccinated the second time, BTW.
I was able to get the J&J...one and done....No adverse reactions.
Cool. :)
The wait for my mom’s second dose was only 2 weeks
I was thinking about getting the second first. Nah.
I’m not too worried about the ‘long term effects’ of zinc and vitamin d3...vaccines, on the other hand...
Wow. I hope she’s doing well. Generally, older people are producing fewer antibodies than younger people after the first shot and need the second dose soon enough.
This is from the UK.
Pfizer vaccine’s second dose boosts protection dramatically
New study and other data suggest older people should not rely on a single dose alone for protection
The Telegraph
By
Paul Nuki, GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY EDITOR, LONDON
25 February 2021 • 12:01am
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/peer-reviewed-study-real-world-pfizer-jab-confirms-second-dose/
“Separate survey data published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) found that for those over 80 who had received just a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine blood antibodies were relatively low at 34.7 per cent.”
Change that. You are right, it was about weeks
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