Interesting article about covid booster shots

The interesting part to me was:
"Even in populations with fairly high vaccination rates, the unvaccinated are still the major drivers of transmission" at this stage of the pandemic, they concluded.
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I've been aware of the question. My 3rd should be as late as November 25th, I'm going for my semi-annual checkup in late October and should be getting my annual flu shot (not sure how the interaction between the 2 could play out). The question will be foremost on my mind when I talk to my PCP.
 
I asked my doctor about the booster. I got the 2nd vaccine on May 1st, and had a mild case of covid(19) in July, so since I had vaccine + natural immunity, I was curious if she thought I should get the 3rd dose.

She said they aren't going to give the booster to anyone "as healthy as" me, regardless of my age, and she sent me this, their protocol for the covid booster:

"The CDC has approved third dose vaccinations for immunocompromised patients. Third dose vaccination is currently limited to those patients who received a Pfizer or Moderna vaccination – it does not include J&J vaccine recipients at this time.

'Immunocompromised' includes patients who:

Are receiving treatments for solid tumors or blood cancers
Are taking immunosuppressing medications after a solid organ transplant
Are within 2 years of receiving CAR-T therapy or a stem cell transplant
Have primary immunodeficiencies -- rare genetic disorders that prevent the immune system from working properly
Are diagnosed with advanced or untreated HIV
Are taking high-dose corticosteroids (more than 20 milligrams of prednisone or its equivalent daily), alkylating agents, antimetabolites, chemotherapy, TNF blockers or other immunomodulating or immunosuppressing biologics

Patients with chronic renal disease (living without a spleen) and/or who are receiving dialysis may also qualify."
 

"Even in populations with fairly high vaccination rates, the unvaccinated are still the major drivers of transmission" at this stage of the pandemic, they concluded.

Seems like a reasonable conclusion if documentation is in place showing that to be true.

There should also be documentation as to how many die unvaccinated vs vaccinated. Unvaccinated death rate significantly higher would tend to point to vaccinated herd immunity improving.
 
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Here's an answer to my question about getting a 3rd Pfizer dose along with my annual flu shot from webmd.com

https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/covi...n-you-get-flu-and-covid-shot-at-the-same-time

For all I know the above could be more worthless documentation.
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"We don't know of any reason why you can't give the two shots together."

"But for flu, we just don't have the data yet."

I think until there is data to prove safety those vaccines should be spaced out from each other at least a month.
 
i heard from a doctor on a tv news program that the flu shot and the covid-19 booster should be spaced a month apart. until i learn differently i plan on doing that.
 
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That in it's self is the paradox - nobody knows for sure just educated guesses. It's not unlike polio, what you may suffer from in the future is totally unknown. PPS have been my constant companion since 1954, organ failure from covid could be the next mountain to climb. Doctors today don't really know much about polio or even how to treat the symtoms. Most doctors that dealt with polio are dead or retired. Very little study has been done since. The aliment was eradicated so it was shelved thinking the problem was behind us. Good luck!
 

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