Posted on 01/30/2022 10:11:33 PM PST by nickcarraway
As the fight against Omicron goes on, the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones is to book your vaccine appointment
Have you had your Covid-19 booster yet? Millions of people have already received that vital extra dose of the vaccine – and with the highly infec- tious Omicron variant still spreading, now’s the time to book it in if you haven’t done so. You can do this at nhs.uk/covidvaccination; if you are in Scotland visit nhsinform.scot/covid-19-vaccine; for Wales visit gov.wales/get-your-covid-19-vaccination, and for Northern Ireland visit covid-19.hscni.net/get-vaccinated.
The booster dose is quick, easy and free for everyone. And if you haven’t already had your first or second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine it’s not too late to get those too. It’s the best way to protect you and your loved ones against Omicron.
Worried about side effects, or think you might not need it since you’ve already had Covid? If you still have questions, our experts have answered some of the most frequently asked ones here.
I’ve already had two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Surely I’m protected already? Yes, you’ve got protection from your two doses, but the Omicron variant is spreading fast, so it’s more important than ever to get vaccinated.
A booster will strengthen your protection from serious illness and give you the best possible defence for you and your family. Boosters bring your protection against Covid-19 infections with symptoms back up to over 88 per cent, which is essential with so much Omicron around.
My medical condition makes me immunosuppressed and thus more vulnerable to infection, so where does that leave me? In certain circumstances you may be eligible to receive your booster jab sooner, and being immunosuppressed is one of those cases.
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We are at war with a virus.
It kills less than 1% of those it infects, unless they’re very old, obese, diabetic and asthmatic.
COVID might not kill you, but the side effects will. Losing your sense of taste and smell is not my cup of tea. There is 11% risk for a person with COVID-19 to lose their sense of smell or taste. Researchers found that women were 11% more likely than men to report a loss of smell and taste. About 73% of those who reported a loss of smell and taste were ages 26-35. Luckily, 96 percent of the patients objectively recovered by 12 months. COVID may be a great weight loss program and you could stink to high heaven and your girlfriend would not smell a thing.
Losing your sense of taste or smell is lethal?
If you are a cook losing your sense of taste or smell could be lethal or, at least, a loss of a job until you recover.
And for that we have to vaccinate the whole world semi-annually, if not quarterly, for the next century?
Yes, there was some Big Pharma executive recently quoted as saying “Your grandchildren’s grandchildren will still be getting vaccinated for COVID a century from now”.
Everyone notice that this piece is labeled as an advertorial...
I think some people are still getting vaccinated against Polio.
“First 2 doses didn’t work”
Yes they did. They met the preset criteria for EUA.
There was nothing about the Phase II/III studies - nothing - that could have defined long term protection or even define a proper primary series.
“We’ll kill your ass on the 3rd or 4th try.”
Unusual Presentation of Acute Perimyocarditis Following SARS-COV-2 mRNA-1237 Moderna Vaccination
I myself got vaccinated against polio ... during the Johnson administration.
And not once in the intervening 60-odd years.
And I’ve never had a “breakthrough” case of polio, nor has anyone else I’ve ever heard of.
That vaccine took years to develop ... and it works.
“And I’ve never had a “breakthrough” case of polio, nor has anyone else I’ve ever heard of.”
Here is the story about the polio vaccine and how it eliminated polio in this country. Good read:
It could have happened with the COVID vaccine but people did not let it happen.
You are pushing crap. Covid jab has never prevented a single case of covid, the number of people who got covid after being jabbed 3 times is to numerous to count and even the CDC quietly admitted it was not a vaccine when they changed the definition of vaccine last year.
Polio after 3 doses literally prevented you from getting polio. It was unheard of after you were vaccinated. Stop reposting the article and actually have a discussion.
There is no parallel and the article you post is the worse type of sophistry.
Yep.
In order to protect the vaccinated from the unvaccinated, we must force the unvaccinated to take the same vaccination that doesn’t protect the vaccinated.
What arguments in the article were “sophistry?”
When you wrote, “Polio after 3 doses literally prevented you from getting polio. It was unheard of after you were vaccinated.” you ignored this part of the Forbes article:
The effectiveness of a vaccine depends heavily on how much of the virus is around you. To understand this concept, think about balls. Baseballs, that is. A catcher’s mitt can protect you well should only one ball come at you at a time. When lots of balls are thrown at you all at once from different directions, though, one catcher’s mitt alone may not be enough. How well the Covid-19 vaccine protects you depends on how prevalent the SARS-CoV-2 is around you, which in turn depends on how many people around you have gotten the vaccine.
If the polio virus were as widespread as the Covid-19 coronavirus is today, you would probably see a lot more breakthrough cases of polio than zero. In fact, in the early days of the polio vaccination program, before high enough vaccination coverage levels were achieved, breakthroughs happened:
Michael Clemens
Breakthrough cases of polio—including deaths—were common during early polio vaccination.
What kept us safe was not perfect vaccine efficacy. It was that Americans quickly & massively stepped up to get the imperfect vaccine, quashing transmission.
It is obvious your skepticism allows you to doubt even the most common sense information. The use of analogy is a legitimate way to make an argument. It is not “crap” and definitely not “sophistry.” I am not sure if you even read the article and rejected it after the first paragraph.
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