Posted on 10/01/2022 9:05:17 AM PDT by lightman
A majority of U.S. adults will not get the updated COVID-19 booster shots soon, according to a new survey.
Just 5 percent of those surveyed said they’ve already received a booster and 27 percent said they will get one as soon as possible.
The rest said they will wait and see, only get one if required, definitely not get one, or cannot get one because they have not received a primary series.
That’s according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation that was carried out from Sept. 15–26 among 1,534 U.S. adults. The margin of error was plus/minus 3 percent.
Older adults were more likely to have received or plan to receive an updated booster. Forty-five percent of those 65 and older fall into one of those categories. Just three percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 have received an updated booster, and just 23 percent said they will get one as soon as possible.
Updated Boosters
The updated boosters are made by Moderna and Pfizer. The old boosters, which are no longer available, only contained the Wuhan strain of the COVID-19 virus. The new ones add a spike protein component with elements of BA.4 and BA.5 to the Wuhan component, making it a bivalent.
The bivalents are unproven; results for tests in humans weren’t available before the Food and Drug Administration authorized the shots on Aug. 31, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended them for virtually all Americans aged 12 and up who have received a primary regimen, regardless of how many prior boosters a person has received.
Approximately 7.5 million of the bivalent shots have been administered through Sept. 29, according to the CDC. Before the rollout, the CDC said that some 209 million Americans were eligible to get an updated booster.
People should not get a booster if at least two months have elapsed since their last dose of a vaccine, according to the CDC. Authorities have generally recommended not getting another shot within three months of a COVID-19 infection. Recovering from COVID-19 gives a person strong protection; studies have shown that protection from natural immunity is superior to that conferred by vaccination.
Little Knowledge
Many adults know little about the new boosters, including 66 percent of adults aged 18 to 29, according to the Kaiser survey.
Half of adults said they know a little or nothing at all about them, with older Americans being most likely to answer they know some or a lot.
Democrats were most likely to say they knew some or a lot, while Republicans were least likely and independents were in the middle, when the results were broken down by party affiliation. That pattern also manifested when people answered about their intention or opposition to getting a booster. A fifth of Republican respondents said they definitely will not get an updated booster, versus 8 percent of independents and 6 percent of Democrats.
Further, the vaccinated were more likely to answer they knew some or a lot, though 19 percent of unvaccinated persons said they knew a lot, compared to 16 percent of the vaccinated respondents.
100% NON participation here. 🚫💉
There are many Covidians that regret the jab.
There are no Pure Bloods with regret not getting jabbed.
Many that regret the jab have stopped short of the full suite, stopping at the 2nd, or the 1st booster.
Still wondering about the safety of the US blood supply...
As a Covid vaccine survivor, I am not going to press my luck.
I’ll get the flu shot as long as it is not connected with the covid vaccine. Waiting till end of Oct so I’ll be covered for April.
Our Home Depot in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho just yesterday took down all their plexiglass shields between customers and clerks! Hallelujah! I commented on them coming down to the nice lady at the Customer Service counter yesterday. She grinned at me and asked “Do you miss them?”
Our local Walgreens still has theirs up, though.
I know it might be next to impossible to know actual numbers because of the exaggerated counts when covid hit, but does anyone have a comparison of covid illness and fatalities to an average flu seasons before covid?
I'm a 'NO GO' on these things.
I am one of the 2/3s!
I didn’t even get the vax,thank God. I got covid 19-84 last October and I feel great. Natural immunity is best.
Likewise.
“Further, the vaccinated were more likely to answer they knew some or a lot [about the new “booster” mRNA gene therapy injection], though *****19 percent of unvaccinated persons said they knew a lot****, compared to 16 percent of the vaccinated respondents.”
Why do that one fifth of the unvaccinated know so much about a shot there is zero likelihood they will ever allow into their bodies?
They are acting as a conduit, trying to persuade others, friends, colleagues, family members, other loved ones, to kick the habit.
Coast to Coast, the adults, we know from 21 to mid 80’s are saying no more boosters with the exception of one 50+ year old guy and one 80+ guy.
Required Mask wearing by healthcare workers and patients may become our next “Hell No!”.
Won’t get one EVER! Got fooled once, but never again.
I don’t plan to get the booster.
How long do flu vaccines last?
In a 2018 review of 11 recent studies on the durability of influenza vaccines, researchers concluded that effectiveness can vanish as soon as 90 days after vaccination. The article, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, further noted that 20% of Americans received their flu vaccines for a given season by the end of September—which means the vaccine may do nothing come peak flu spread in January and February.
“The further away you get from your vaccine, the higher the risk that you’ll contract influenza,” says study co-author Kunal Rambhia, a drug delivery specialist working on a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. “This has huge implications.”
They claim 2% so far.
People are lying to the pollsters as they're going to lie for the rest of their lives to the government that tried to kill them.
I'm trying to do my bit. A couple of months ago I had to see an eye specialist. There were mask-required signs up, though most of the office staff was not masked. The receptionist insisted that I take a mask, so I thanked her and stuck the mask in a shirt pocket. No more was said.
Several of the doctors that my wife sees have dropped mask requirements, as has my dentist.
That’s the problem with the USA, many have lost their common sense if they had it to begin with . . .not to mention those who have not turned their life to Jesus . . .the only true life-saving decision!
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