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I had a COVID booster in August of last year. I always have a reaction to them with a fever for a day or two. This past time I was sick for several days and was finally diagnosed with Strep. After 4 weeks on 4 different kinds of antibiotics, I still had strep. My naturopath gave me some herbs that finally knocked it out.
The whole time I had strep I was emailing my Doc at Mayo and keeping her up to date on my progress. When I had my six month appointment with her in November, she told me no more Covid shots and no RSV. She said there have not been enough studies completed yet to justify giving it. I was told to get the flu shot and pneumonia was not mentioned. I had a pneumonia shot about 5 years ago. How often are you supposed to have those?
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Sounds like your naturopath had a good solution for taking care of the strep.
Do you remember what herbs, how much and how often she suggested to take?
Wow, the statement coming from the Mayo Doctor about RSV and Covid research and her thoughts. Interesting and adds to my beliefs, and I could be wrong. I so often hesitate about many things unless it, they, have been around for at least 20 years. I hesitatingly did the original two Covid and in October 2023 the RSV. As far as I could tell, immediately after, I had no side affects. The reality is, however, we truly do not know how all these vaccines, suggested, truly affect the body....long term??? Do they really know??? Look forward to hearing about the herbs. Thanks.
Thank you for your response. I am sorry I was talked into getting the Moderna vaccine and one booster early on. We now have empirical evidence of serious side effects from physician who were initially marginalized. Now nih.gov is publishing more research reports on the persistence and consequences of Covid spike proteins embedding in tissues throughout the body. I will check out RSV reports as well. Pneumonia vaccine is still a moving target for me, hope to have an answer soon.
My doctor at Mayo told me it was a good idea to get the RSV and COVID shots. My doctor also works in the pulmonary ICU and said they have seen first hand that the patients that have had those vaccinations had less severe symptoms and less time in the hospital.
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Hi - The recommendation for pneumonia vaccines varies depending on your age and the previous vaccine you had. After 4 years, my primary recommended a repeat for me, with a newer vaccine that covered several additional strains.
That said, if I were you I would check my records and see which one I had, then discuss timing for the new vaccine with my primary.
This is just anecdotal or incidental evidence, but we are vaccinated and were closely exposed to grandkids with RSV twice this winter - neither time did we catch it, but my unvaccinated daughter and her husband did. We also flew (masked) in the height of the holiday travel season.
Sue