Posted on 10/29/2024 12:40:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The CDC has just announced a second shot for elders and the immunocompromised people – but when's the best time? Yes, older Americans should get yet another COVID shot — but if you have already gotten the latest version, there’s no rush.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week said that people 65 and older or who are immunocompromised need a second dose of the new vaccine released in September.
But you should wait six months after the first dose. This means next March is the earliest you’d be eligible.
Why is the CDC promoting two doses when the first one is still being rolled out?
“It’s predictive,” based on previous years’ infection trends, said Castro Valley’s Dr. Jeffrey Silvers, Medical Director of Pharmacy and Infection Control for Sutter Health. This is the second year in a row that the CDC has made a biannual recommendation.
Scientists now know that a duo of doses every year is needed to maintain immunity and keep pace with the virus’s mutational hijinks, said Silvers, who serves as an advisor to the California Immunization Coalition, a nonprofit public-private partnership that seeks to reduce rates of infectious disease.
Annual autumn-and-spring rollouts will mark one of the ways that we’re permanently incorporating the COVID virus into our daily lives.
Meanwhile, if you’ve been delaying the first dose of the updated 2024-2025 COVID vaccine, now’s the time. Last year, only 40% of older adults got one dose of a revised vaccine. Willingness to get two doses was even lower: 8.9% of older adults and 5.4% of immunocompromised adults got both doses.
The complexity of the schedule and the frequent changes in vaccine recommendations have created confusion and reduced uptake, according to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. To be sure, it’s hard to musternthusiasm
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A nephew and his wife (a doctor) have had every “booster” and have had active cases at some point in time (more than once) after their “boosters”; and they do not have any of the regular problematic “comorbidity” factors.
Not you personally...btw
If you’re a Democrat, you should take it.
No way is this a serious question.
Pfizer shots to die for.
Right. No one needs a second dose. Too bad if you took a first. Trust no one. Pathetic.
“Do I Need a Second Dose of the New COVID-19 Vaccine?”
Only if you are voting for Harris.
If it ain’t broken, fix it anyway...
What happened to the old guy who’s fully vaxxed, goes to the gym, is in great health and takes cruises.
He may be with the Lord…
HHS misrepresented science of COVID-19 vaccines in PR campaign: GOP report
Why not an IV drip version of the vaccine? Then liberals can signal their virtue by rolling their drip bag around everywhere they go.
Always remember This...
Fully 1/2 of the US population has an IQ or are mentally at or below average!
Let that sink in... “at or below average”.
Also, it appears, that many, MANY of those ‘at or below average’ are democRats!
Paxlovid is the half-effective version of ivermectin. It’s a new drug developed because they couldn’t make any money off ivermectin, since the patent is expired.
Thank you, ransomnote!
I am not promoting ANY!
Good question. I can’t remember his name on FR. At 80+ he was claiming he could beat all our buts and all due to the vax. What a character.
paging entropy12...
He hasn’t posted since February. Did he say he was going on a 12 month cruise or was it 3 hour tour? Dang that may be a brother we lost. I hope not.
Hey brother. You lurking or just busy with other things? Let us know how you’re doing.
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