[familyop]

"...but they also noted that the vaccines could still produce a broader antibody response that will protect people against the new variants."

Yes. In essence, the vaccine rallies your body's defenses against the tool that the virus uses to infect your cells. All strains use the same kind of tool.

[Capt. Tom]

Yes. In essence, the vaccine rallies your body's defenses against the tool that the virus uses to infect your cells. All strains use the same kind of tool.

I have a doctors appointment as does my demented wife tomorrow, together.

They may offer a vaccine to us . Other than Alzheimer's my 85 yr old wife is healthy.

I have comorbidities.

I m 85, have type 2 diabetes, have had 3 strokes, the last 2 requiring hospitalization. I also have Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis which to me is the likely thing to do me in if I get Covid.

I was never a smoker but somehow about 7 years ago my lungs showed up as being in bad shape, from a lifetime of excellent readings on x rays.

I have gotten the flu shot the last 5 years with no problems at all
This Covid flu shot is different as people are having, to me, an inordinate amount of reactions to the Covid flu shot.
Reactions that might do me in.

I intend to ask a lot of questions about this shot tomorrow, when I see the Doctor. -Tom