ivinsfan
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Just saw an announcement Hy vee stores will be giving 3rd doses as soon as Monday..others should follow quickly.
From what I understand you should just need a prescription from your doctor.But here in NC when you show up to get your vaccine you have to show your ID and then they check the NC databank to see if you have already been vaccinated. So DH is thinking of driving an hour or so to another state where they would not check the NC database.
+1I am not immunocompromised, but I will take a booster when it's recommended and available in the US. In the meantime, I am minimizing being in crowds indoors and masking up/social distancing whenever in any doubt.
Maybe when there is data showing that immunity is fading in over 65s?
Yesterday we were at the hospital giving blood samples as part of the mixed vaccine trial we are on and we asked this same question as currently the UK is planning boosters initially for vulnerable groups only. Our next and last blood sample will be given in February and unless we are showing reduced immunity then a booster may not be considered necessary.
Booster trials are ongoing in the UK. (Started in May this year)
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-first-covid-19-vaccine-booster-study-launches-in-uk
Thank goodness the UK is doing this kind of testing.
That could be risky if you ever need an official record. That could make it harder to travel or get into facilities requiring full vaccination, taking into account any future requirements such as booster shots.
I suspect that by next week, you’d be able to find somewhere locally. The CDC approved this just now, so it could take a day or two before the new rule gets processed. Fortunately, there should be plenty of vaccines available. At least that problem has been solved.
So from your earlier post do you think it's worthwhile to try and get the third shot to be Moderna on the off change it gives you a little more bang for your buck.
From what I understand you should just need a prescription from your doctor.
But they might even be doing the honor system.
DH has just made an appointment for the third shot of Moderna for next week at CVS. He had to certify he was immunocompromised but no doctor statement needed. YAH!
DH has just made an appointment for the third shot of Moderna for next week at CVS. He had to certify he was immunocompromised but no doctor statement needed. YAH!
The authorization of an extra COVID-19 vaccine dose for those with a compromised immune system does not apply to the Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) vaccine at this time, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday.
But here in NC when you show up to get your vaccine you have to show your ID and then they check the NC databank to see if you have already been vaccinated. So DH is thinking of driving an hour or so to another state where they would not check the NC database.
DH has just made an appointment for the third shot of Moderna for next week at CVS. He had to certify he was immunocompromised but no doctor statement needed. YAH!
We had the J&J vaccine. Does anyone know what booster is recommended for those whose initial vaccine was J&J?
That’s kinda nutty. If you have a compromised immune system, and you got J&J, you don’t get the booster. Seems like those people are really getting screwed.
Edit: apparently there will be another announcement at a later date for JnJ.
That’s kinda nutty. If you have a compromised immune system, and you got J&J, you don’t get the booster. Seems like those people are really getting screwed.
Edit: apparently there will be another announcement at a later date for JnJ.
DW asked me yesterday, since we have Phizer, should we get a Moderna booster shot
DH has just made an appointment for the third shot of Moderna for next week at CVS. He had to certify he was immunocompromised but no doctor statement needed. YAH!
An informative article about Israel's current covid experience. It has been reported by the NY Times & Washington Post that the US government will soon announce the need for booster shots. Data from Israel is a large part of the reason.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/grim-warning-israel-vaccination-blunts-does-not-defeat-delta
"Israel has among the world’s highest levels of vaccination for COVID-19, with 78% of those 12 and older fully vaccinated, the vast majority with the Pfizer vaccine."
"People vaccinated in January had a 2.26 times greater risk for a breakthrough infection than those vaccinated in April."
" “I watch [Israeli data] very, very closely because it is some of the absolutely best data coming out anywhere in the world,” says David O’Connor, a viral sequencing expert at the University of Wisconsin, Madison."
"What is clear is that “breakthrough” cases are not the rare events the term implies. As of 15 August, 514 Israelis were hospitalized with severe or critical COVID-19, a 31% increase from just 4 days earlier."