CDC Discussing Booster/3rd Shot

Her last vaccination was in April. It is suspected she has the variant which was diagnosed about 10 days ago. Given the pushback against the vaccines, my position is that those of us who have chosen to vaccinate should have opportunities for boosters as needed.

Oh, absolutely. As I've said before, I'll be the first in line. A booster shot is an additional dose of a vaccine needed to “boost” your immunity. This will give you better protection from disease. Many routine vaccines require more than one shot to achieve immunity. For example, the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine requires two shots.

I don't think that one booster will provide protection for people who haven't chosen to be vaccinated. They would need to be fully vaccinated to benefit from a booster I would assume.

There have not been any definite decisions made about boosters but I do take comfort in knowing that boosters are being made "just in case"!

I had Moderna and remember well the second shot. Am not looking forward to being ill again, and maybe I won't but I'll brave it! What did you have?

Thank you.

@contentandwell
I understood the phrase “pandemic” to mean an epidemic that turns global meaning it has spread spread across several countries. I guess it’s a loose definition. Of course the ones we have lived through don’t come close to Covid.

Anyone here from New York remember the hoards of locust that swarmed the city around 1946 or 47? I remember walking (in the Bronx) with my mom and we were literally covered with them….They created a slanting wind that you had to walk against. Don’t know how long that lasted or if it just suddenly happened while we were out. Reminded me of the film The Birds years later.

FL Mary

@scottij I think that's universal probably, that we are all good at lying to ourselves. Unfortuately it is less universal that people are not good at lying to others.

@merpreb Boosters would be helpful in stopping the virus when given to those of us who have had low or no antibody response. It's basically as if we are not vaccinated and the booster will hopefully remedy that but if the hold-outs don't change their minds we are really in this for a very long haul. It has gotten very upsetting since many of these hold-outs are not getting vaccinated due to incorrect information. 😟
JK