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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If you are a Lib then you need 12 doses. ASAP
You don’t need the first one!
I asked my wife’s cardiologist if he were treating patients with adverse affects caused by the vaxx, he said he was.
Yeah youre just a cow...
Better be dipped in it to be sure...
Yes- if you’re stupid enough to still be asking PLEASE GO FOR IT Yeesh it’s insanity
Yes. Dumb enough to ask, then please do.
No. You need four just for asking such a stupid question, oblivious to what has happened.
like you need another hole in your head.
lisa, it’s now pretty clear that you’ll need a covid jab every six months for the rest of your life ...
MRNA shots kill and disable.
“”untaxed me””
Sure were lucky to escape the tax...
No immunity. Goodness, has anyone been reading and looking at the information?
The polio vaccine required only one dose. Think of the lives saved.
The scamdemic shot cured no one and killed many. A second helping? No thanks!
Kozak and exDemMom (?) could use a few more super sized Voodoo shots, too.
They’re still doing these?
You didn’t need the first one.
Only if you didn't die after the first dose and you want to see if you can with the second dose.
But before you do, better check the clauses in your life insurance policy for payout exemptions.
You didn’t even need the first dose
For Democrats only
Profound thoughts. Thank you for this thread. Regards.
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