Only other side effects really were some aches and very short headaches. All that's pretty much gone now.Had my second AZ dose earlier. Only really have pain at the injection site so far.
Only other side effects really were some aches and very short headaches. All that's pretty much gone now.Had my second AZ dose earlier. Only really have pain at the injection site so far.
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I was surprised to find out my 60 year old parents are getting their booster dose today 6 months after the first round. Is that really necessary when half the world is still waiting to start?With production of some of the covid vaccines, like J&J, slow to build up, other vaccines like Novavax not delivering at all, and India (who were expected to be a big supplier to COVAX) having to focus on its internal needs rather than the export market - lots of the world are still waiting for vaccines.
COVAX/GAVI was expected to handle a lot of the global vaccine distribution but it simply hasn't received the vaccines to distribute.
A report on some of the vaccine producers who are stepping in:
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It depends who you listen to. There's evidence that it's really an essential third dose for some people - people with organ transplants, blood cancers and some other conditions, or who take medications that affect the immune response.I was surprised to find out my 60 year old parents are getting their booster dose today 6 months after the first round. Is that really necessary when half the world is still waiting to start?
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Pfizer was fine for me - arm ache the day after the first one, twelve hours of malaise the day after the second one. Absolutely nothing that should dissuade anyone from getting them.10 days ago my parents took 3rd shot, kinda unhapppy that they couldnt switch to non Sinofarm one, didnt want to be a smart ass and force the issue, their doctor kinda recommended sticking to Chinese one, so be it. Something might change if there is ever a need for 4th.
Good news that i am having some uncles/aunts coming around and finally they decided to get a shot, they want to pick between Pfizer and Moderna (If there is such option), asked me which one is better, i have no idea about it, so can anyone share some knowledge or experiences regarding those two.
Thank you.Pfizer was fine for me - arm ache the day after the first one, twelve hours of malaise the day after the second one. Absolutely nothing that should dissuade anyone from getting them.
Met up with 10-12 people from office, one of them tested positive 2 days later.. and passed it on to only 1 other person. All of us were double jabbed with AZ/Covishield and spent many hours indoors with the person who was originally positive.This makes a lot of sense. Explains why a number of people can be in contact with someone who has it and only one catch it. This has happened twice with me now.
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I work in fundraising for one of the UN agencies, and we've raised a ridiculous amount this year off the back of COVAX. Reporting on it next year is going to be a bit of a conundrum.With production of some of the covid vaccines, like J&J, slow to build up, other vaccines like Novavax not delivering at all, and India (who were expected to be a big supplier to COVAX) having to focus on its internal needs rather than the export market - lots of the world are still waiting for vaccines.
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Looks good. As late in the day as this and others like Novavax are arriving, there's still a massive job to do globally. Fridge storage vaccines are important, and so is having a range of vaccines available.Tweet
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https://valneva.com/press-release/v...djuvanted-covid-19-vaccine-candidate-vla2001/
Cautiously excited - hopefully this assay validation thing won't hold up approval too long (looks nervously at Novavax)
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Got my booster (3rd Pfizer) this afternoon and so far not even a sore arm.Got my booster yesterday. Not nearly the same side effects as #2 which knocked me on my ass for 10 hours.
In the UK, most of the cases are in the unvaccinated, particularly in under 18s who we've been slow to vaccinate, and under 12s who we aren't vaccinating.So in simple terms, why are cases skyrocketing? Is it a drop in effectiveness of the vaccines that were first given 6 months or so ago, or rose in variant cases that circumvent vaccine effectiveness?
I honestly can’t tell where we are anymore with so much mixed messaging in the media - is the “light at the end of the tunnel” flickering??
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That’s seriously impressive. Would love to know where run/variants involved. Hopefully somewhere were delta dominant (although presume it’s dominant everywhere by now)Another big vote for vaccine boosters - placebo controlled comparison trial this time:
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The crazy thing about these results is that the “placebo” arm were vaccinated. So that efficacy is all above and beyond the protection you already have from being vaccinated.Another big vote for vaccine boosters - placebo controlled comparison trial this time:
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Aren’t they the same thing?3rd dose instead of booster? Sure is looking more likely
Booster implies giving dose to replace efficacy lost since previous dose(s). These data imply that the third dose gives you far superior efficacy to anything ever achieved with previous doses i.e. the vaccine needs to be given three times to achieve optimal efficacy.Aren’t they the same thing?
That’s seriously impressive if I understand what it’s saying correctly!Another big vote for vaccine boosters - placebo controlled comparison trial this time:
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Because, in simple terms, there is no sterile immunisation. Antibodies in your blood don't prevent an airborn virus to get into the mucous membrane of your upper respiratory tract and to continue spreading onto others from there. Or in Prof. Drosten's (Germany's Fauci if you don't know him) words (Google translated it from German, can't bother to do it manually, you get the gist):So in simple terms, why are cases skyrocketing? Is it a drop in effectiveness of the vaccines that were first given 6 months or so ago, or rose in variant cases that circumvent vaccine effectiveness?
I honestly can’t tell where we are anymore with so much mixed messaging in the media - is the “light at the end of the tunnel” flickering??
IgA is Immunoglobulin A, antibodies in your mucous membranes that don't remain there for long.At the same time, however, we see: the transmission protection
goes down the drain after two months. If you have a booster
now, then it only becomes to be there again for a while.
That's the IgA. That comes up again. But that stays that way
not forever. That'll probably be after two or three
Months ago. Then again
no transmission protection there. That is, actually is
it's what we're doing right now with this type of vaccination
can do.
This may be a sign that this "brain school" might be a syphilitic brain.
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I was able to book one last night for December, which will be 6 months for me (Marche's open to bookings for all over-60s now). I know what you're saying about the inequities, but all we can do is go along with whatever's being offered to us where we live.I was surprised to find out my 60 year old parents are getting their booster dose today 6 months after the first round. Is that really necessary when half the world is still waiting to start?
That's not really saying there is a risk. Just that they know there was a risk in the first round and it might carry over to a booster. No evidence yet to suggest it will as young people haven't had it yet, might be the case that if you were fine first time you will also be fine for the booster.Now I am even more reluctant to boost. Argh.
Risk of mRNA Covid booster causing heart inflammation in young adults continues to worry scientists, Dr. Ofer Levy says
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/15/hea...ntinues-to-worry-scientists-dr-levy-says.html
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