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CDC Discussing Booster/3rd Shot
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jul 26, 2021 | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
I would hope for a couple of things regarding the vaccines. First, it would seem to be an advantage to have them officially approved by the FDA. The fact that they are not would seem to fuel the fires for those avoiding vaccination. Second, if a booster will further support stopping the virus, and especially the current, and likely variants to come, it should be done. I have a relative, in her 30's who received both Pfizer vaccinations, and has been tested positive for Covid in the last 24 hours. She is important chiefly because I know her and know she is responsible. She is very sick. Not a candidate for the hospital or the morgue, but paying a hefty price for doing the right thing. Perhaps admission by the powers that be that they just don't know, but this is what we have, and if some will do good, more will do better could be a comfort. I am almost 74, and have had both Pfizer vaccinations, and I am frankly uneasy about the lack of information, and confusing information dealt to the public. This is my very first pandemic, as it is for everyone else...
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@elwooodsdad- Good morning. What wonderful points you have made in your post. I hadn't thought about a couple of them, but they are important to talk about.
Both Pfizer and Moderna have submitted applications for full approval to the FDA. However, the FDA has not indicated when they will make a decision. I agree, granting their applications would certainly stop some of the grievances against having a vaccine that has not been fully approved.
The only thing that will stop the virus and its variants are for everyone to be vaccinated so that the virus has nowhere to survive. It needs a host to live and propagate. Boosters, unfortunately, do not address this at all. They are for kick-starting our immune systems to fight the virus and its variants.
Do you mean that even though she was responsible because she was fully vaccinated and then became ill with COVID? The vaccines are not 100% foolproof. No vaccine is. I'm sorry that she is so ill. It sounds as if she might have one of the variants.
I agree. I am 74 and am very uneasy about inconsistent, false, and confusing information being publicized about the virus and its variants. It's early days still and hopefully, as we move along, learning more, we will be less confused.
How long after your relative finished her vaccines did she test positive?