2025 Fall Booster: Get it or not?

It was also recommended to me by the long COVID clinic to get the Novavax. It wasn’t available in my area until recently. I got it yesterday and so far no reaction. In the past with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines I became quite sick with fever, body aches, and vomiting.

@greenshade Hi, Most of the info on potential adverse setbacks from taking the boosters for people with LC is anecdotal. However, some researchers have acknowledged this problem. It has come up in Q&As at both Yale and Standford where LC research is ongoing. I believe it is generally accepted in the broader medical community that some LC patients will have set backs of some symptoms after taking the booster(s). As with everything COVID, the type, severity, and duration of the set back symptoms varies by patient. And it should be said that many, perhaps most, LC patients experience no set back following the booster(s). When I got my last booster, Oct 2023, I had asked my primary physician if there was any reason not to get it and he assured me there was not. I got it and I am still dealing with the set back; mostly fatigue but also muscle/joint pain and some brain fog. When I asked him again about the current booster, he said he could not give me an opinion, that it was a judgement call I had to make. It's a crummy place to be, not knowing what to do. But, for me, I have decided no more boosters. I continue to mask when indoors around people and generally avoid crowds as much as possible.

@azlynn5 Yes, it is not an mRNA vaccine and there is some reason to suggest it poses less of a risk of set back of symptoms than either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines.

@flomba Very good to know. Thank you!

@klf58 So sorry. It's four years for me. My personal decision is not to get the boosters. Warm regards.