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I'd prefer if they could roll it into a shot to protect against all coronaviruses. A good universal flu vaccine to mix that with is far away, but they should take this chance to eliminate those four pesky common cold coronaviruses.
Sheesh, gotta ask my mobile provider if they're planning on bundling my mobile plan with Pfizer+
As someone who had COVID, I'm quite happy to get a new dose each year in the hopes I don't have to go through that again.
Also not a medical professional but when my kids got their shots as babies / toddlers IIRC they combined some of them into a single shot containing multiple vaccines.
Oh jeez. I'd obviously rather get the shot than get COVID, but that 2nd dose dropped me like a sack of dirt. Not looking forward to reliving that.
I only wear seatbelts on weekdays. I take my chances on the weekend.
Man, it's going to be a long time before I feel comfortable not wearing a mask in public. Like... maybe 2-3 years.
Good thing is that since the virus is just the virus at that point, it shouldn't matter who makes the vaccine itself that far out.I'll be cool with it just being part of my yearly round of shots.
I wonder if it's going to require the same company for the rest of your life, or you can switch. Or if they like... work together to standardize it.
Moderna and Pfizer are virtually the same, and there have already been experiments with mixing and matching. Some of the existing vaccines are even already based on that approach. It is just that we'll have to see which companies will be trusted by the USA, the EU and so on. Like the EU has already decided to focus on Pfizer/Moderna for the booster order.
Sucks they can't make a single-dose lifetime vaccine.
But, once a year seems simple enough. Wonder how effective it might be? A full 12 month immunity?
I wish I understood vaccines more. Why some last forever and others are just temporary.
But, once a year seems simple enough. Wonder how effective it might be? A full 12 month immunity?
I wish I understood vaccines more. Why some last forever and others are just temporary.
Ooof, yeah my friend got his 2nd and he felt so crappy. I'm actually waiting to get my 2nd shot in 2 weeks... Can't wait...
Same, it doesn't sit well with me if I don't have a mask with me when I'm out in public. I feel like I put myself and others at risk without one.
They're already researching putting future covid vaccinations into pill form, if they managed that it would help the uptake and distribution, the nasal inhalers also look promising providing their own benefits. Not to mention they will get better at treating the illness, they've already had some treatments that seem to reduce the length of the illness by a couple of days. Things will get better.
There is probably two vaccines that you think of that need renewal once you are an adult:
- tetanus: studies showed antibody effectiveness waning so boosters are required. But some studies imply it might last longer than we think.
- flu: the vaccine offers forever protection against the viruses included, but the flu virus itself changes really fast.
This thread has made me realise I've not had a single injection of any kind since 2001. I will be getting the vaccine for covid as soon as I am offered it here in the UK but it will be my first shot of any kind for 20 years.
It's like you think nobody is going to check him on this and just backup up dump truck with $300 million to his house.
Might as well post this here with so many people think it's just the pharma talking. We still have to wait and see how often but consider how long it's going to take to get the glob vaccinated we need to plan ahead.
www.cnbc.com
Dr. Fauci: 'We very well may need to get booster shots' for Covid — here's when
Booster shots may be necessary for lasting protection from Covid vaccines. Here's when Dr. Anthony Fauci says that could happen.
www.cnbc.com
Is there any way you can find out if your still protected personally?
They're apparently working on booster shots for the covid variants just in case. source: roommate who works for moderna
That's neat, also real neat to know someone at Moderna right now.
This is known and should have been clear to everyone. You're not taking a "cure" anymore than you take a "cure" for the common flu when you go to the pharmacist. We will be getting shots annually to protect you for a period of time.
I figured as much as I heard the protection wanes with time, and also need to add any boosters for variants.
Damn that's not good. People won't want to go through getting another covid shot again, especially if they had a bad reaction to it. That will ensure covid will never go away and people will continue to die. Hopefully enough people stay vaccinated to keep the numbers down.
I'm not sure as a trial participant the only medical information provided to me was that I got the actual vaccine instead of the placebo. I go back for follow up blood work next month but o don't think they will be sharing that data with participants. I wonder if they offer boosters if it will be blinded again?
I figured it would probably be an annual thing like flu shots, so I'm fine with it. Obviously it lasting longer would be better, but I won't complain.
I'm sitting here with a splitting headache five hours after my first Phizer dose and I'll happily do it every year if it keeps Covid at bay.