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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Well, thank Goodness, I’m only 64.5 so I won’t be needing one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLnJfwI3O4
They're laughing AT you, not with you, for being so gullible.
Comment for the writer, not you, nick.
The day you turn 65 the COVID monster will descend upon you. You’d better get fully vaxed and boosted before then!
LOL
I didn’t get the first one. I won’t get the last one.
I refuse to be Big Pharma’s/Big Brother’s Guinea Pig.
“Do I need a second dose of the new COVID vaccine?”
Not in my opinion.
Get 5 or 6 just to be sure.
And wear a mask when driving alone.
What’s up with all the masked dims lately?-)
Vaccinate me harder daddy!!!
I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun.
Is this a joke?
This is about to blow open as the most heinous attack on humans ever, and people are still thinking about getting this poison?
You’ll have to forgive me, but I’m in the throes of watching people die before my eyes from the side effects.
You need to check in with Dr. Malone, Dr. Makis, Dr. McCullough...and a few more.
absolutely!!! (if you’re a liberal)
My message to the writer of the article:
Go for it—Lisa.
You can have my jab.
Remember—more is better.
Lol.
Why stop at two?
Get a case and self-inoculate every couple of months.
And drink some Drain-o while you’re at it.
I have never taken one, period. I’d be unsure of which one/version/dose to take, if any, now.
“I have a relative who claims she’s gotten 12 jabs! She also is a broken-down physical wreck with several serious diseases which just happened to pop up in the past three years. I don’t give her many more months to live, but she’s fully invested in the ‘vaccine’ protocol, and anything else the government and the TV tell her. Oh, and she’s a vicious Trump hater.”
i guess i don’t really see the problem here ...
And be sure you wear a mask while you’re driving alone.
I actually saw one idiot doing that.
“And wear a mask when driving alone.” with the windows rolled up ... the way they did it in the city of boulder at the height of the government sponsored panic ...
Given my medical history and the fact that I’ve had Covid twice and beaten it easily twice (albeit once with the help of Paxlovid) I’ve had two of my doctors independently tell me that they don’t think I should get another shot. I’m 56, a bit overweight, but workout regularly and am overall in good health.
I wouldn’t, but to each his own.
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