Are you going to get the Covid Booster Shot?

I will when it's open to people in my age group, yes.

Got mine today. No adverse reaction.

This should've been a poll.

You're right r3

Are they still advising you to wait 8 months, unless you are elderly or have a compromised immune system?

Both of my parents got theirs over a month ago, and neither experienced side effects. However, I'd like to hold off on getting a booster unless absolutely necessary. I'm fully vaccinated, but don't want a booster until it's established it makes a difference (an annual booster I could handle, but not every 6 months!)

r5 6 months. Being obese is also high risk. I noticed a lot of overweight males have died from Covid.

Yep! on 10/26 (Walgreens/CVS won't do it sooner). Strict about 6 months.

Not until Dr. Fauci and the CDC tell me I should.

They've gotten me through all this so far; I'm not about to bail on their advice now.

R5, my PCP, an Immunologist, says to wait eight months after second vaxx,

Instead of a booster shot I'm planning on losing 20lbs.

R10 here. He did recommend Flu shot now. Got it at CVS, with no appointment.

Yep. Pfizer-3 next month. I'm traveling in November and it will give me peace of mind.

I'm under 65 (mid-50s), but as long as there's no shortage of shots, I feel at ease getting it.

Flu shot was this week. This year's model had no aftereffects whatsoever.

Yep. Walk-in vaccination at my HMO Monday.

I got mine last week.

I’m waiting for Moderna. I’m not ready to mix my vaccines.

As soon as my doctor gives me the go-ahead. I'd go today but I want to follow medical advice.

Already have.

Walk in at Walgreen in San Francisco. Double zinger: flu shot and COVID booster In one fell swoop. Can’t wait to wake up in the morning.

it's been 7 months and 2 weeks I'm 62. I'm waiting.

I’m a healthcare provider so getting my shot tomorrow

I called my local Walgreens on Thursday and asked if I could get the booster. The girl I spoke with seemed frazzled but after asking me how old I was (68) and when I'd gotten my 2nd shot she said I could and she scheduled me for tomorrow. I got a text from them about an hour ago advising me they had made a mistake and because I had gotten the Moderna vaccine I was not eligible yet, but hopefully would be soon. I assume they checked my vaccination record and saw I'd had Moderna as I never even mentioned it to the girl on the phone and (I assumed I could stipulate which one I needed when I got there) they're only giving Pfizer boosters at this point.

Yes—anyone can Pfizer booster schedule at local Walgreens on its website

Thank you DL. I was checking our hospital and health department website and they are only accepting appointments for the severely immunocompromised.

I am 69 and have other risk factors so I am delighted that I have an appointment tomorrow morning at Walgreens!

I thought they just made Pfizer officially available to everyone over the age of 65. No other stipulations apply.

going out right now. Booster here I come. They said drink lots of fluids.

I got my booster yesterday because I'm a health care provider.

I just have mild arm pain and a slight fever. Thrilled !

I got my booster this afternoon. No questions asked. I'm in my late 40's. I filled out the form online to make my appointment. I made the appointment at CVS, and got it and left. Hope I don't get sick. My arm's not even sore right now.

Why I made sure my parents got their boosters today:

"To believe that the vaccinated elderly are perfectly safe is to raise uncomfortable questions about the way we have processed risk by universalizing it. According to an analysis of British data by the Financial Times, a vaccinated 80-year-old has about the same mortality risk as an unvaccinated 50-year-old, and an unvaccinated 30-year-old has a lower risk than a vaccinated 45-year-old.

It’s a sign of just how large the age skew is to begin with that getting vaccinated doesn’t deliver you into an entirely new category of pandemic safety — safer and more protected than anyone who hasn’t gotten vaccinated — but simply pushes you down the slope of mortality risk by the equivalent of a few decades."

R28, my arm felt nothing yesterday when I got the shot. The pain and fever started today.

I assume it will be gone by tomorrow

I got the booster and the flu shot today. I am very relieved! An elderly gay couple was ahead of me in line.

I got my Pfizer booster this morning at Walgreens. I was actually impressed with the little vaccination center they had back next to the pharmacy. My arm is really sore this evening, much more than last time and I have a slight fever. Off to bed early for me.

It's too damn soon. This pisses me off. I got VERY sick with the 2nd Pfizer jab, lost 2 days of work. Not in a hurry to have that happen again.

Plus there's the flu shot we're being cautioned to get due to anticipated spikes in flu this year. It's so fucking irritating.

Just got it 45 minutes ago. Unlike the insanity and shortage of appointments 8 months ago, this was very easy. Walked into RiteAid. Got the booster 10 minutes later.

[quote]I’m waiting for Moderna. I’m not ready to mix my vaccines.

Got my Moderna on Aug 16.

Just got mine at Walgreens an hour ago. I filled out the forms online and then had to fill them out again at the pharmacy, which was annoying. But now I’m boosted and ready for Pfizer #4, #5, etc.

Got my Pfizer booster yesterday and today I have had a fever all day, headache, and arm pain. I hope these are temporary as I didn’t have these after the first or second shots.

Got mine at 1 PM and upper arms and legs started aching around 6 PM. I am tired but otherwise ok for now. It may get worse. I hope not. With the second shot I had chills for about 5-6 hours along with the aches.

Got my Covid booster in my left arm and my flu shot in my right arm and got it done right at the pharmacy by my house.

r36 the pharmacy guy told me he was glad I didn't have my card laminated because there is room on it to record 4 shots so you are right...

Anyone heard anything about a moderna booster yet?

Dad (94 yrs old) & I had ours yesterday afternoon @Albertson's). Both of us had OG Pfizer (for him Jan '21; me Feb '21).

I got my second Pfizer shot in May, so January will be when I get my booster. I'm hoping I won't need another booster for a long while.

Not eligible, yet, but I intend to when I can.

DL's newest porn thread: Virtue Porn

Probably not. I had 3 weeks of severe headaches and vertigo starting the day after the 2nd shot.

I teach little kids so yes, next week

R41, see R35.

Got my Pfizer booster yesterday.

[quote] Anyone heard anything about a moderna booster yet?

Moderna will likely need another month before approval. Plus, moderna immunity seems to last longer so there isn't a real need for a booster yet.

Uhhhh.....YUP, I shore am! The first two didn't work like mammma said, so I'm gonna git anotha!!!

I went to get the booster and flu shot together, but the pharmacist advised not to get both the same day as the side effects from two shots could be uncomfortable. Was he bullshitting?

No R52, you should believe EVERYTHING HE SAYS!!!

Nice stupidity signaling there, r45.

J&J submitted today. Will get it as soon as possible.

Thanks for the reminder! Had my Pfizer shots in March, so just made at an appt. at Kaiser Permanente to get the booster.

Got my Pfizer booster last Friday at local Jewel-Osco (Albertson's). Some body aches the next day and today still a bit sore at the injection site. But no big deal.

I got mine. But shhh!

Scheduled for Thursday.

"I went to get the booster and flu shot together, but the pharmacist advised not to get both the same day as the side effects from two shots could be uncomfortable. Was he bullshitting?"

I got both of mine at the same time and no ill effects at all. If you do react, it's better to feel like shit once rather than twice.

The second I find out the Moderna Booster is available, I will make my appointment.

Nope.

I'm in my 30s, relatively healthy, and got the best vaccine (Moderna). Wouldn't get a booster right now.

I had the Covid booster and flu shot Monday, on Monday night/Tuesday I felt fatigue but that was the only side effect.

Wait till the myocarditis sets in.

Some of us actually read the article, r64.

[quote]The study, conducted in Israel, estimated that [bold]nearly 11 of every 100,000 males[/bold] in that age group developed myocarditis, inflammation of the heart, a few days after having been fully vaccinated.

[quote]The absolute risk is still very small, and the condition temporary. And studies have shown that Covid-19 is much more likely to cause heart problems compared with vaccination. ... But when the patients were examined again a few weeks later, all five of those for whom results were available appeared to have fully recovered.

Rare and temporary.

Got it.

I’m 56. I’m not worried.

R67 Famous last words....

I got my booster and the flu shot this past Tuesday. I felt awful for about a day and a half, but it's over now.

I got my flu yesterday, COVID booster next week

I got my flu shot 10 days ago and my booster shot today.

Booster yesterday. Feel like I got hit in the arm by a softball but nothing worse.

My 93 yr old Dad and I missed our booster appt at Albertson's last Monday, but when we asked to re-sched, they told us they were doing walk-ins for boosters. Dad had his Pfizer OG in January @our local Council on Aging (sponsored by Albertson's); mine were @CVS in Feb.

Dad had NO issues, just like his first 2 shots. I had arm heaviness and injection site swelling and soreness. Three days later, I'm 100% good.

Our whole family across the country are vaxxed except for my big brother in Florida. Sadly, my brilliant BigBro has fallen prey to Florida-ness, and won't take the shots. So now we other siblings have to decide what we're going to do for the holidays--allow Brother to travel here and stay at the family homestead, or tell him we love him, but he is not welcome in the home without the vaccine.

I’m waiting for the sleeper shot, JNJ to get its booster approved. I will get it ASAP — my parents and I all got the same vaccine and the effectiveness shoots up to 94%. I’ll take it! That’s a Moderna-level amount of efficacy.

R68, did you not notice that the article about myocarditis refers specifically to the (very small) risk among *young* men?

I’m 56 (turning 57 next week). I think we can all agree that I am not “young.”

When you get your booster, stick ice on the location of the shot in your arm.

It won't hurt the next day

[quote]So now we other siblings have to decide what we're going to do for the holidays--allow Brother to travel here and stay at the family homestead, or tell him we love him, but he is not welcome in the home without the vaccine.

I'd vote for the latter, unless none of you are ever going to take off your masks. All the infected in this case were double vaccinated.

Got my boopster on Tuesday. No adverse reaction. Got my geezer flu shot today. I got the weekend to recover, if need be.

I got my booster this past Sunday. My arm was sore for a day, but that's the only attributable side effect I've experienced thus far.

time in Russia is now 10:18 pm. The internet trolls are done for the day and going to sleep.

nighty night

^moron

[quote]time in Russia is now 10:18 pm. The internet trolls are done for the day and going to sleep. nighty night

R80, since the Russian troll agenda has been to manufacture doubts and fears about the Covid vaccines, how is a bunch of posts by people saying they've gotten their boosters, or are planning to, supposed to line up with that?

I got my booster, my flu shot & pnemovax within 4 days. The booster made me feel awful for a day. The others were fine

r83, Was it a high dose flu shot?

Was it your first or second pneumonia vax?

I got my booster yesterday. Sore arm and a little tired, but that's it for complications.

I'm getting both my flu shot and booster shot tomorrow morning about an hour or so apart (flu shot at the doctor's office while there for my physical, then the booster at a neighborhood clinic thereafter). I'm supposed to also have lunch with a friend at 1:00 but if I'm not feeling well, I will tell him I can't make it and come home.

No booster yet. I am eligible in a couple of months. But I did get the flu shot and the pneumonia shot. I didn’t get them at the same time. I waited three weeks in between each vaccine.

I got mine two days after they were authorized. I had the J&J last March and the Moderna booster. I got so sick after the booster. It was awful for about a day and a half. Still, I’d do it again. A close friend died of COVID on Halloween. He refused a ventilator. He spent a few hours with his wife and daughter. He was given fentanyl, went to sleep and died. He was unvaccinated.

They don't seem to always enforce the rules. One CVS told me I was too young. I went to another and they never even asked my age.

After I got the shot I asked the woman what was up with that. She said the whole country's healtcare system is in a state of confusion. They don't know who to inject and who not too.

I guess I got mine because it was like 5pm and the woman was sitting there with no customers and like 100 viles of the booster. I don't know if they have to use them all the day they get them.

So just keep dropping by your local pharmacies if you want one.

[quote]and like 100 viles

Oh Dear! How disgusting

oops vials

Yup. I'm gonna get mine. And then I'll get another and another and another...because they don't really do much?

Get it. Don’t wait. I got Moderna. Oddly, I had side effects but just for a couple days band not so bad. More unpleasant than anything else. No side effects from #1 and #2

I got Pfizer, will not be getting the booster. Never take the flu shot.

I'm 64.5 with no under lying conditions. There is a walkin clinic by my house, I waited 10 minutes, filled out a quick form, showed them my DL, insurance card and vax card. I chose the Moderna. My first two were Pfizer. I felt sick for 48 hours, just punky and achy and my arm hurt like hell. I guess I am building antibodies.

[quote] I got Pfizer, will not be getting the booster. Never take the flu shot.

How come? It’s your duty as a good citizen. Otherwise you’ll get a breakthrough COVID-19 case and maybe spread it to an unvaccinated child, giving them long Covid (possibly forever!). And it goes without saying that you could also kill some immunocompromised folx or elderlies.

Another J&J person, followed by Moderna. What a 36-hour Moderna kick-ass. Then I got my first quad fluzone shot and pneumonia23 shot as birthday gifts. Two weeks after Moderna, another 48 hours of downtime. Worth every ache and pain.

You're not R95. If you were, you wouldn't need three vaccinations.

r98, are you saying the booster doesn't cause us to build antibodies?

I had Covid plus 2 Pfizer shots, I'm not planning on the booster since this combination (infection plus double vax) has been shown to give the best immunity.

How were your symptoms when you had covid, r100?

r101 I had it pretty rough, no pneumonia but I had pleurisy from it. But I've since had exposures and tested negative so I'm not too worried. Maybe I will change my mind by next year, but for now I don't want another shot.

I am proudly unvaccinated and will remain so. You are risking your health with these spike proteins. So many dead and with permanent health damage. No thank you.

Not eligible yet.

Got Moderna booster 7 months after first two. Next day slightly feverish that only lasted another day. Really nothing.

I know two people who probably weren't going to get the original shots Then they saw what covid did to some people they knew who were totally wrecked after 3 months and were not getting better. Now they're first in line. When you see something with your own eyes it makes decision making easy.

I doubt r103's stuff is worth having.

Enjoy your ventilator.

r103 is using the phrase Spike Protein like he knows science.

The dead and those with long haul COVID are the unvaccinated

Typical Antivaxxer MAGAt.

I’m getting mine as soon as I’m eligible. My friend got his at the local CVS and had no side effects. Easy peasy.

Got my Moderna booster shot two weeks ago. Sore are for 24 hours but nothing else. Will get another booster if and when it is recommended by the CDC.

In Germany that Elderly, Asthmatics, over 68, obese and diabetics can get a booster.

For the following to categories weight loss and dietary changers are advised.

Booked mine yesterday for about three weeks from now. Earliest I could get.

Hey R103?

R96, to answer your question, I got a long term side effect that I’m 98% sure was from the vaccine. I work from home, still always wear a mask despite being vaccinated and don’t have comorbidities. I don’t see the need for a booster and right now I’m ineligible anyway. If something changes with the virus, I might reconsider it, but right now have no plans to get it.

For once, there's a benefit to being a fat whore.

2 shots + booster two weeks ago (Pfizer). Returned from LA last weekend, took PCR's yesterday and we all tested negative👍

You can't do that r114. What long term side effect do you believe you got from your vaccination?

I got the booster and a flu shot today. I had either Covid or a minor head cold last month, if it matters. I know two people who have been sick with the 'rona for weeks despite being vaxxed, so I'm keeping up.

Anyone who gets the third dose booster can expect to be safe from breakthrough infections unless you’re already very sick from something and you’re seriously immunocompromised or 90 years old.

The booster prevents any and all infection and transmission in 93-100% of recipients of the booster, according to data from Israel, where they’ve been administering the 3rd dose (booster) for a few months now.

That’s Pfizer. Moderna might offer even higher vaccine effectiveness.

No asymptomatic breakthrough infections. If you get one, you’re either *extremely* unlucky or very sick to begin with.

Once I get mine I think I’m going to stop wearing my mask in the subway.

I got my Moderna doses last spring and I'm getting my Moderna booster in a couple of weeks. I quit wearing masks once the mandate was lifted where I live and it was advised that you "should" wear them just to be safe, but I don't. I have to take the bus to and from work and that's the only place I wear them now. I got the doses so I wouldn't have to fucking wear a mask or be afraid of being out in public.

Amen, R120.

I’m scheduled to get my booster shot in two weeks…it was a bitch trying to find a CVS near me that I could schedule an appointment.

I got my Pfizer booster last Monday. No pain at the injection site and I was fine the rest of Monday. I developed an unusual headache Tuesday afternoon. By Tuesday evening, I had a fever and chills so bad my whole body was shaking. And the headache was monstrous. I took Wednesday off work and basically slept all day. Thursday I was fine.

It figures. I had no adverse reactions to the first and second doses and felt pretty superior about that. Bit me in the butt.

Already got my Moderna Booster

Did a get a Covid Booster? Yeah. I got an "immune system enhancer" from my primary care physician, Joe Rogan.

Whenever I get chills, my body thermostat is off, but a little Ibuprofen and a long stand in a hot showed resets everything. That and a nap after.

And as to mask wearing, I have taken to the Korean habit of socially distancing and wearing a mask all the time I am out of the house. It will continue post pandemic.

Do your research r108. That's not even remotely true.

Will you then follow up with booster #4?

And #5? And #6?

R126 - you are obviously not asthmatic. Masks are a torture for me. I got the booster last night and thought no biggie, my body already knows this jab. Woke up shivering and major pain at the site. Due to my ulcerative colitis, I can't tolerate oral ibuprofen, so I just took half an Aleve and was in and out of sleep 14 hours. Of course, it came on the heels of an exhausting trip where I threw out my back and also recently had the flu shot. However, with over 300 dead a day out here, it's worth making and vaxing.

💉 Nobody Knows Nothin'Bout The Corona Booster.

Just about everyone qualifies now. Did you ever smoke? Come on in! Are you mentally ill? Come on down! If there were a shortage I’d say wait in line but that is not the case.

I'll tell the male nurse to inject it right in my bussy.

Got the booster and lived to tell about it.

🤭 No appointment, just showed my DataLounge Card and went straight to the front of the line.

R122 - my mom is just coming up on six months after her second shot these days. Earlier this week I went to the public site for her booster, where the earliest I could get was next week.

At present, I'm under 65 with no conditions, hitting six months myself. Not particularly concerned personally about being ill, but it's looking like a booster will be necessary for foreign travel in 2022.

R114, you are ignorant. Your protection from your previous vaccination is now somewhere around the 50% range, and dropping. It's absolutely ridiculous to have gotten the first two shots but not the booster.

As for the worse reactions to the booster, those are because this is an actual booster. The second dose you got, three weeks to a month after your initial dose, was more like a first megadose. Your immune system has several layers of protection and defense that it mounts and those first doses triggered the initial antibody response, the most immediate response. These boosters, given at a more normal booster interval, are the ones that create the deeper, more longterm immune response where B and T cells get more involved. So, those worse reactions are your already primed immune system.

And, finally, it is the 30-40% of unvaccinated selfish assholes that are making the responsible among us have to even get the boosters. If those fuckers had gotten vaccinated when they were supposed to, we wouldn't be dealing with this fifth wave that's now starting. Until we reach upwards of 80%, maybe 90%, vaccinated, we're going to continue this bullshit. They should all be ashamed of themselves but they are too stupid to feel shame and too selfish to act responsibly. They should be locked away from society as the sociopaths they are.

Publix pharmacy site - argh!

It's ridiculous to be discussing a fourth booster before most people haven't even had their third.

Yet here we are !

Vaccines are only a small part of the solution.

Masks and social distancing are still necessary.

I'm getting Pfizer boosted. Just reading about the long term side effects scares shit out of me.

R139, I avoid the unmasked at all costs.

Got my Pfizer booster and my flu shot today. I normally get my flu shot in October, but my primary care doctor has canceled my 6 month checkup twice, so I just never took care of it until now. I’ll probably feel hellish this weekend but it beats the real thing. This time last year, I was sick with pleurisy, and I don’t want to suffer like that if I can help it.

I was a bit annoyed with CVS though. I made the appointment online for both shots. I received two texts saying to check in on my phone when I arrived. I responded to one text. Then I had to stand in line to check in. Then, I had to wait for 30 minutes because they only had one pharmacist on duty, and the poor woman was administering vaccines, filling scripts, etc. Then, I received just one shot. Turns out, I was supposed to respond to BOTH texts so it all showed up on the computer. Whatever. So then she had to draw up the other vaccine. First world problems, I know.

[quote] Vaccines are only a small part of the solution.

Really? “Only a small part”? They’re actually the largest part and always have been. Yes, total isolation from other people, including members of your own goddamn household, is the surest way to avoid it, but that’s not practical for the vast, VAST majority of people. Masks only work if they’re KN95, N95, or—less effective—the cheap, 3-layer surgical masks. Cloth masks do absolutely nothing at all.

Vaccines are more effective and practical than masks and social distancing. The mRNA vax, Moderna more than Pfizer, prevent any kind of infection — including asymptomatic — for the first several months after the second dose. Their ability to protect from moderate and severe illness, if one becomes infected with Covid, remains high well after 6 months. A third dose (booster) brings the effectiveness back up to ~96%, and at that point, we’re looking at something endemic that may eventually fade away, becoming more like the common cold coronaviruses.

Masks and social distancing will not get us there—they only prolong the inevitable. Sure, you can wear a KN95 and stay as distanced as you want until Covid-19 fades into the background over the next couple years, but do not think that vaccines are only a “small part” of the solution. They are the largest part.

R119: "The booster prevents any and all infection and transmission in 93-100% of recipients..."

Sounds familiar.

R143, you're a clueless idiot. And a paranoid one at that.

How did the Orange Fatty -- the elderly ex-pres w/multiple health issues -- recover from covid in about 4-5 days? It wasn't from any vaccine.

So when you say "they’re actually the largest part and always have been", that's just factually not true.

Initial jab was the one-shot J&J. Just got a Moderna booster today. Not looking forward to tomorrow - hopefully I won't feel too sick or it doesn't last very long.

Shut the fuck up R145. Trump got sick before the goddamn vaccine was available here. Monoclonal antibodies are given to people who are hospitalized with COVID, and that primarily happens to unvaccinated. By FAR.

You don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. And I stay by every word I wrote above.

Trump got the monoclonals WAAAAAY before they were distributed nationally. Privilege.

Well, whatever. The point is there ARE other options out there, including MA, Ivermectin, even povidone iodine has been shown to reduce the virus in a published study. I have a friend who isn't wealthy in any sense of the word -- in fact, we live in a low-income building -- but got monoclonal antibodies about three months ago, and she's doing great.

Another example. A reporter who describes himself as a 'disaffected liberal'...

I got mine back in August, as SF starting giving a Phizer or Moderna booster to any JJ recipient that wanted one back then.

Got the Moderna booster today.

R136 your ignorance is just astounding.

Whoa, R153, way to counter anything I said! So typical of your kind.

r153 is no debater of facts. Part of the problem, not the solution. R136 points out who is truly ignorant.

Got my Pfizer booster late yesterday afternoon.

This morning I feel a little slow, but have to get on a plane in a bit. Tomorrow I can lay low if needed.

I know two unvaccinated women who died on ventilators recently. One was 47, healthy, with four kids. She was touting the vaccination before intubation.

Get your shots, people. Please don’t wait.

I received my initial Moderna shots in January and February. A few weeks ago I got my Moderna booster a week after the quadrivalent flu vaccine. I had a predictable response to the third Moderna — aches, muscle pain, and slightly feverish for less than 24 hours. Not that bad — and a hell of a lot better than getting Covid.

Where is the absolute unquestionable proof that Trump actually had The Corona?

R158 he did but he also had access to the best medical care unavailable to you and me. He also got vaxxed before being booted out of the WH. I hate that motherfucker so much.

Has there ever been a definitive conclusion as to why younger people aren't as affected by Covid as older people?

Funny that the secret trip to the hospital for Trump was for a colonoscopy. He did not want o officially hand over power to Pence while he was under. I am surprised that he did not have a press conference announcing that he was TH PERFECT ASSHOLE.

What secret trip, R161? The one where he ran to the SUV in the afternoon (on a weekend) with his doctor?

The one with the unexplained reason for the visit where he clutches an unexplained package?

Should I have used the word "mysterious"?

Getting my Moderna booster tomorrow. I’m a little nervous about Biden and Bill Gates being able to manipulate my DNA but that’s the price of socialism, right?

Once you get the improved chip, you no longer need cable. Life is a trade-off.

I got the Moderna booster two days ago and the only side effect was a soreness at the injection site. I got the flu vaccine in the other arm at the same time and that hurt more, though still not bad. Maybe I'm just lucky.

I got my Moderna booster on Friday and today, Saturday, I just feel slightly fatigued and with a sore spot in the arm.

"Getting my Moderna booster tomorrow. I’m a little nervous about Biden and Bill Gates being able to manipulate my DNA but that’s the price of socialism, right?"

R164 - I hope you are being sarcastic!

How cool is this?

Moderna - The Software of Life

Our Operating System - Recognizing the broad potential of mRNA science, we set out to create an mRNA technology platform that functions very much like an operating system on a computer. It is designed so that it can plug and play interchangeably with different programs. In our case, the "program” or “app” is our mRNA drug - the unique mRNA sequence that codes for a protein.

R169, that structure will hopefully allow for us to never have to experience another pandemic and perhaps lead to a vaccine for cancer. Let's see how many morons fight against the cancer vaccine when it arrives.

And then, there's this:

[quote]Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad: We're trying to not just make a vaccine for this virus, we're trying to make a vaccine for the whole family of coronaviruses. This is the core of our vaccine. We engineer the spike so that we can attach it to this protein.

[quote]If his concept, now in clinical trials, proves successful, Dr. Modjarrad says in five years a single vaccine could defeat all coronaviruses: that means many common colds, the deadly strain causing this pandemic and thousands of others.

[quote]Bill Whitaker: Is that at this point-- a dream?

[quote]Dr. Kayvon Modjarrad: This is not science fiction, this is science fact. We have the tools, we have the technology, to do this all right now.

[quote] [R164] - I hope you are being sarcastic!

I was, yes. I should have signed with a funny name or something.

FWIW, I have a slightly sore arm and that’s about it. (I spent this morning making caramel bars and vigorously whisking caramel for 15-20 minutes with that sore arm miiiiiight have been a mistake.)

Little after affects from Moderna booster also. If I had to choose between that and the weakest cold I ever had I'd choose Moderna.

The average age of death from C-19 in the US is 78. (Note: The average LIFESPAN is about 80-81 years old). 95% of C-19 hospitalizations, and 99% of C-19 deaths have at least one pre-existing condition. (Mostly diseases of nutrition and lifestyle -- diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, heart disease, etc.) Of the 99% of C-19 deaths that had at least 1 pre-existing condition, 97.4% of those had between 2-15 pre-existing conditions. There appears to be not a single healthy child -- not ONE -- that has died from covid, despite TENS OF MILLIONS of infections.

Potentially very controversial post, R173.

Of course you forgot to mention that 50% of all Covid cases result in long Covid, or something. (Including initially asymptomatic cases!) God I’m so sick of hearing about “LONG COVID!”

Got mine today at Walgreens near Columbus Circle. In and out n 10 min tops.

🥃 I just had a booster shot of Yukon Jack.

R174, you wouldn't be so heartless if you had long covid. Shame on you.

Now that they are officially opening it up to everyone, I'll probably do it in order to travel internationally rather than any health concern as such.

I just got my booster.

And I don’t mean booster SEAT, though I look quite young. I mean SHOT!

I got mine over the weekend, since I got the J&J over two months ago. I went with Moderna this time since, from what I understood, boosting with Moderna would trigger a stronger response from my immune system. It knocked me on my ass the day after when I didn't really have a reaction from J&J but I feel fine now.

I might say I have a bad reaction so I can cancel work tomorrow. I feel fine, tho. Had no reaction to the initial rounds, either.

My family has excellent physical health, but problematic mental illness. It means we get to be miserable for a long, long time!

I got mine at 8 pm last night at a CVS (along with a regular flu shot). I already feel dizzy and exhausted.

I was concerned that they would lower the age for boosters down to 18 over the next few days and there would be an appointment-frenzy.

Oh well, done for now. And cases/deaths are slowly rising.

Wasn't ready to schedule it at the time, but I checked earlier today for my local Walgreens availability, which seems wide open. To be blunt, a relative is visiting the area next month who's rather... hyper on the subject, so I'd rather not have her treat me like Typhoid Harry, seven months after second Pfizer.

Got mine yesterday…really sore arm and feeling rather inertial, for lack of a better word.

It always starts in Europe, then floats over here. And didn't we just end travel restrictions? Ugh, here we go again.

Had a Pfizer booster last Tuesday six months after my second AstraZeneca vaccine. No noticeable issues with any of them other than a sore shoulder at the jab site this time for a couple days.

I’ve been working 13 days in a row so I’m hoping my goddamn booster shot today will give me an excuse to at least take one day off.

My appointment is for Monday.

I've had two Pfizer shots and both moderna and Pfizer are being offered.

I'll take moderna as the feeling is protection is elevated when moderna is used in conjunction with the previous Pfizer doses.

Whether that's true or not I'm just delighted to get the booster.

And now I think I'll go over to sorryantivaxxer.com and see what's up.

I got the moderna booster at 10:30AM on Wednesday. Side effects started that evening - bad aches, fatigued, headache. Lasted all of Thursday. Friday felt fine - back to normal.

Plan accordingly. I was down for the count on Thursday.

No health issues and 41 years old.

I got a Pfizer booster last week. I mixed and matched with the Jansen vaccine I received in March ‘21. I will continue boosting as necessary, with mRNA vaccines. No side effects other than a sore arm. I will not go with Jansen again. It was scary and sketchy, in terms of what “protection” I had. I’m honestly tempted to go back in 2 weeks and get another Pfizer to complete the Pfizer series.

My sister, who’s in medical school, told me last night that she’s been reading studies that suggest that the spike proteins can cause cancer down the line.

It just occurred to me, if you get EVERYONE vaccinated with the spike proteins, then you have no control group and you can’t compare cancer in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated people.

I waited a long time to get my vaccine and I finally got the J&J a few weeks ago. I’m not interested in vaccinating myself more than necessary.

That being said, my older 67 year-old brother had COVID for awhile and he’s still not 100% back to normal.

Yes. In December when my 6 months are up. Moderna.

In other three months:

Are you gonna get your fourth booster shot?

r191

[quote] My sister, who’s in medical school, told me last night that she’s been reading studies that suggest that the spike proteins can cause cancer down the line.

This concern about the spike protein doesn't only apply to people who got the vaccine. It applies to anyone who was infected, symptomatically or asymptomatically, by Covid-19. They also got a good "shot" of the spike protein in their bodies. The CDC says there are about 146 million estimated cases of Covid in the US (with only 48 million REPORTED cases.) Avoiding the vaccine doesn't mean someone has avoided this spike protein issue if it ever arises.

Here's PHD in biomedical science discussing the spike protein in vaccines at timemark 20:00.

I got Moderna in May and have an appointment scheduled 12/2 for my booster.

[quote]My sister, who’s in medical school, told me last night that she’s been reading studies that suggest that the spike proteins can cause cancer down the line.

Is she reading these "studies" on the Fox News website?

Who CARES where they're linked from. They're still peer-reviewed studies.

Great, link to them here.

My mom had her Moderna booster on Wednesday - slept through some of Thursday (she is 83), but otherwise no specific symptoms; since Friday, she's been her usual self.

I'm planning on my Pfizer shot tomorrow; Walgreens doesn't allow for mixing makers.

Florida will be the hotspot this winter. My two cousins and their families (none vaccinated, though their 83-yr. old father died a month after recovering from Covid-19) are all travelling from Indiana to Disney World in Flarda for a two-week vacay around Xmas break.

I got a headache the next day, which was gone the following.

When people bitch about how oppressive this all is I wonder how they’d get through something more demanding, like WWII.

I got mine about 3 weeks ago. Nothing to it. Zero reactions.

Why would Florida be “the hot spot” this winter and not one of the northern states, R201?

DeathSantis?

"DeathSantis?"

R205 - No further explanation is necessary.

I got my Pfizer booster in early October and had no side effects other than the ubiquitous sore arm.

I got my Pfizer booster at Walgreens today. Very easy.

My booster experience at Walgreens today wasn't bad, although in general the pharmacy section was a bit of a madhouse. I had forgotten my CDC card at home, so the employee admonished me, "We'll give you one today for all three shots, but don't lose it. 'They' don't like us printing more."

How could you forget your vaccination card on a day like that? Are you a drunk?

I got Pfizer originally, got a Moderna booster on Saturday. Arm was sore for a day but otherwise that was it for side effects. Supposedly the Moderna gives a slightly better antibody boost than a Pfizer booster but I suspect it's marginal. I'm 46 and in basically good health.

Walgreens won't permit switching - what you had will be your booster.

I got the Moderna booster at Walmart pharmacy. I originally got the J&J one and done vaccine. From what I read the Moderna booster after J&J produces a higher amount of antibodies than Pfizer or a second J&J vaccine.

Clearly the vaccines and vaccine passports are working! The data clearly show that we've achieved herd immunity and suppressed the virus! We're almost there guys! Just vaccinate, mask, and lockdown even harder and then surely we'll suppress this thing! Keep doing your part! And make sure to keep demonizing, hating, fearing, and discriminating against/segregating the unvaccinated! You're doing great!

(This message has been brought to you by Pfizer and the World Economic Forum).

If my car stopped working every six months and I had to go out and buy a new one each time, I'd say that's a failed product.

Since you have to eat every day, I guess your body is a failed product, too.

I’ve had my booster for 1 week

fuck no!! no one is going to stick that poison in me!!

covidiots will get their 100th booster if they're told so. never thought people were so stupid in America....

You are, r279

Scott Gottlieb:

“At this point I think we need to accept that there’s a lot of breakthrough infections happening, particularly people who are out a significant portion of time from their original vaccination. There’s probably more infection happening among the vaccinated population, more spread happening in that population, the unboosted portion of that population, than what we’re picking up because we’re just not systematically tracking this.

There’s going to be retrospective studies that identify this, but we’re not doing a good job of tracking this in real time. And this is the argument for people to go out and get boosters,”

I’d be fine with getting a booster every 6 mos or a year. It’s easy. It’s free. It’s working. Stop complaining.

R219 is from opposite world.

Just like changing oil.

The ICU beds are brimming,

The ventilator lights are dimming,

Their pulmonary fluids are high,

Let 'em die,

let 'em die,

let 'em die

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Got my Moderna booster this afternoon, 8 months after my two Pfizer shots. My arm hurts a bit, and that's the extent of the side effects so far. I'm 63, and I haven't been wearing a mask unless mandated since my second shot. I got my flu shot last week, and I actually cut myself and had to get a tetanus shot the week before that.

I feel like at this point, I'm shot for shots.

I did it a couple weeks ago, got a flu shot in the other arm. Felt punkier than either sing vaccination, my anti bodies were a rumblin! Moderna arm stayed hot & itchy for a week but I survive.

Sing = SINGLE ^^^

Roughly 24 hours after Pfizer booster only thing to report is mild soreness around the injection site.

R226

I'm 61 - planning on getting tetanus soon; have read that it's actually good for 30 years, not ten, so as my last one was 30 years ago, this'll be it for me. We have no mask mandates here, and I'm highly unlikely to be spreading covid myself, so unmasked as well. I don't make comments or remarks to/about similar people who do mask, so appreciate that they extend same to me.

Second shingles jab will be this winter (did flu recently).

Why do you people call shots jabs? Just spring for the extra letter; you’re not on Jeopardy.

It’s a UK thing, R231, where they refuse to use a perfectly sensible and grown-up word. They have to make it into something cutesy and more descriptive.

So if you're "fully vaccinated" you can still catch Covid, you can still die from it, you still have to wear a mask in some settings, it makes you an "asymptomatic super-spreader", you might suffer horrific side effects, and on top of all that you need to take a booster jab every couple months...

Why aren't more vaccinated people pissed off about this? The product they promised you is not the same one you got spunked into your veins. They told you it would just be two jabs and you're done; now you're looking at a lifetime subscription service to booster jabs. "It's like the flu jab you get every year!!" No. Not even close, and if it were they should have marketed it as that from the get-go. But the crafty cunts knew that if they told people they were facing jabs every five or six~ months there would be a Hell of a lot more "vaccine hesitancy", and for good fucking reason too. FUCK THAT NOISE.

These pharma companies did you dirty. They are not your friends. They do not care about your health; the money-grubbing cunts want people sick so they can make more money. That's kind of their whole business model. More sick people = more money.

If you felt shitty after your first two jabs then imagine taking booster jabs every six months. I bet there are a LOT of people in that particular boat and I can't imagine all of them will be up for another shot of that fucking poison.

You will never be "fully vaccinated". There's a reason they've never been able to eradicate the flu (until last year apparently), and Covid is the same way.

Shorter 233: "Why doesn't this novel virus play by the rules? Waaaaaaaaaah!"

[quote]r233 So if you're "fully vaccinated" you can still catch Covid, you can still die from it

You’re much less likely to need hospitalization, you’re much less likely to die.

[quote]r233 on top of all that you need to take a booster jab every couple months...

Wasn’t the recent recommendation 9 months? It will most likely change at some point. Even if it didn’t, we get a flu shot every year. It’s not like all this is unheard of. Are you very young?

[quote]r233 They told you it would just be two jabs and you're done;

Who told you that? The rest of us were never told that. This is a new virus and doctors have always been upfront about how they are merely trying their best to stay ahead of what is in some ways a previously unknown thing.

You sound rather childish…. or as if you were forced to sell your house, family and all possessions to get vaccinated. Did someone pull something like that on you??? Maybe you need to call the police.

I am scheduled for my booster on December 3rd.

[quote]R233 If you felt shitty after your first two jabs then imagine taking booster jabs every six months.

Most people have no adverse reaction.

December 10th.

Booster?? I’d rather do my OWN research, thank you anyway, sheeple.

I don’t want r233’s stuff unless it’s sterilized.

The mainstream media LIES!

Here, check out this link I found on realsupertruth.ru!

Why is the Moderna booster only a 1/2 dose?

What R233 said X 1,000.

And then there's Fauci, with another of many lies...

New Hampshire has the highest vaccination rate in the country -- 98% vaccinated.

They also have the 2nd highest case rate in the country.

Funny... things aren't that dire here in notorious Florida?

Got the 3rd Moderna booster jab this morning. So far, just a sore arm and a mild headache. Popped some Tylenol and it seems to be keeping things at bay. I had a huge reaction to the 2nd Moderna jab -- like I got hit with a Mack truck! So I imagine this will be smoother sailing in the end.

Definitely happy I got it (and even more grateful in hindsight that I was given Moderna from the outset, which seems to be far more effective than Pfizer and J&J). I've had friends on Moderna have breakthrough infections, but they either were symptomless or had VERY mild symptoms that passed within a couple days. Whereas the breakthrough infections with my Pfizer friends (all in their late 40s) were pretty brutal and lingered a solid week.

How do you know so many people who were infected, r248? I only know one - a coworker who had it passed on to her by her husband. And we’re not even close.

Received my Moderna booster one month ago. No issues.

My 96 yo Dad tested positive for Covid 4 weeks ago after receiving the Moderna vaccines in Feb. He just had sniffles as a symptom. Then he got a booster so he should be fine for this winter.

I assume these boosters will become a semiannual thing until all of the yahoos refusing to get vaccinated die off.

If I had any breakthrough with Pfizer, mine must have been asymptomatic as I've never experienced feeling something remotely like a nasty case of the flu.

If he tested positive four weeks ago, he shouldn't need a booster for another few months?

Re: R246, What does the black line represent, and what does the orange line represent? Isn’t there usually a legend for charts like that?

I think vaccine passports are sort of silly. But I guess if they want to keep them in place until everyone has had their 6-month booster? I don’t know. The booster makes all the difference when it comes to preventing symptomatic infection—it’s seriously not something worth worrying about.

Bottom line, get the booster if you’re eligible. And then stop worrying about shit. Cases don’t matter, only hospitalizations and deaths matter now. Just get the booster and be done with it.

I got a Moderna shot this afternoon. My arm is sore. I’ve been napping the last 2 hours. I woke up with low blood sugar and felt extremely faint, but that’s because I didn’t eat enough today. Hoping I’m on my feet tomorrow and can work.

[quote] Cases don’t matter, only hospitalizations and deaths matter now.

Tell it to those who are completely invested in the subject... as well as the damned news media!

Got my booster yesterday. Sore arm but that’s about it.

Got a booster and a flu shot yesterday afternoon. Very tired, achy, chills, mild fever, mild headache since late last night ... should be over sometime later today based on my experience with the first two Pfizer shots.

Got my booster yesterday at a small, family-owned pharmacy in Brooklyn (could not get an appt with CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens…). In and out in 15 minutes.

Had Pfizer 2x in the spring, was allowed to choose Moderna for the booster. Sore arm today, didn’t sleep well last night, so I can’t decide if it’s “immune response fatigue” or just “didn’t sleep well last night” fatigue that I’m experiencing today. Either way, it’s very mild.

In another 13 days I’m de-masking wherever I can get away with it, and that includes the subway. If I go into a coffee shop or store that requires a mask, I’ll put a mask on.

R248 here -- so the mild headache turned into full blown fever/chills/body aches by 2am. Woke up in a puddle of sweat at 6am, flu/fever symptoms were very apparent. It felt like 2/3rds the intensity of the 2nd Moderna jab. Almost 8 hours later, the arm is still super sore, body is achy, but the fever/chills have subsided. Definitely a write-off day though (no work, no working out!)

Still VERY happy to have the booster and for it to be creating a robust response. Bring on the holiday parties, baby!

[quote]Cases don’t matter, only hospitalizations and deaths matter now.

Re: r259–

[quote] Eric Topol is a fearmongerer. He used to be good but now he's Eric Ding 2.0. Cases are irrelevant precisely because they become decoupled from hospitalization and death, and the fact that he doesn't acknowledge this shows he has ulterior motives

[quote] I don't really care if a small number of people are dying from COVID. Almost all of them are unvaccinated people, and the few that are vaccinated had the option to get a booster. The first two doses are so effective against severe disease that there's no reason for masks

I agree with that reply. The vaccines in general have been available for many months. For at-risk people, the booster has been available for several weeks. It’s now available to everyone, and everyone who cares about cases should have other gotten one by now or made an appointment.

As for the willfully unvaccinated—I haven’t cared about them in ages. Cases will exist. They will spread. The virus will do its thing no matter what; all we can do is put up as much of a shield as possible, and the vaccines (+boosters) are far and away the sharpest tool we have. Locking down, masking up, socially distancing only *delays the inevitable*. Look at New Zealand and Australia.

R260, regardless of who you care about or judge, the death rate remains EXTREMELY low. The danger is exaggerated to absurd levels.

The US population is approximately 330,000,000. 771,000 people have died. That's not even ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT of the population.

Oh, I agree R261.

And then someone will turn around and shame us about “Long Covid” (don’t get me started).

I am fully vaccinated, but I will say this... they also said the air down at ground zero was safe back in 2001 and we know how that turned out. There is no way to definitively say what side effects might be 10, 20 years down the line.

True. Every advancement in society comes with some risk. Don’t see how there’s a different way around this one, tho.

I’m sure the CDC and all right minded people are open to sane suggestions - -

I got my booster at a Renaissance fair. I got four free tickets for next year.

That’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard!

[quote]And then someone will turn around and shame us about “Long Covid” (don’t get me started).

"Long COVID has forced many of the health-care workers I interviewed to confront their own past. They worried about whether they, too, dismissed patients in need. “There’s been a lot of Did I do this?” Clare Rayner told me, referring to the discussion in her Facebook group. “And many have said, I did. They’re really ashamed about it.”"

The one time I went to a Renaissance Fair many years ago I ended up drunk.

Whore.

DRUNKEN whore.

Aussie here - I had my Pfizer booster on Tuesday and I’m having a few side effects. Sore arm and lymph nodes, really tired and extremely lightheaded. Luckily, I work from home so I’ve been able to stay in bed. The lightheadedness is the worst symptom by far. I’ve been like a pinball, bouncing off the walls when I get up to do something.

R261, are you paid by the post? Because you've posted 19 times in this thread.

r271, lies are repeated until they are believed.

What lies have been told, R272? (I’m not the poster in question though I’ve probably posted nearly as much).

R270, I’ve been extremely tired and occasionally light-headed since getting the Moderna booster Tuesday afternoon. The lightheadedness is similar to a brief, quasi-dizzy feeling I get when I forget to take my antidepressant on time. It’s very brief. But it happens whenever I turn around quickly, or bend over and stand upright again.

I’m sure it’ll pass. When I had the first two Pfizer shots, the first one made me significantly fatigued for 3 or 4 days.

I got the Moderna booster and had zero side effects. Didn’t have any with my first two shots either.

I seem to remember something about legal immunity for these pharma companies. I hope she recovers.

It's been a while, BitChute troll!

BitChute? Never heard of it. Let me take a quick loo....

Fuck, R275, what the actual fucking fuck is wrong with you?

R112 that long? Where are you?

I love that the Bitchute idiots are too stupid to realize they are Bitchute idiots.

Isn't it striking that California, which has 99% of their seniors and 88% of their 18-64 aged population vaccinated, had EXACTLY the same amount of excess mortality as last year?

Was eligible ASAP,, but HMO said late December was the earliest appointment in their system. I was at the hospital for another reason and they were just letting people get in line on the spot if they were eligible. I got a flu shot in one arm, Moderna in the other. My lymph nodes became swollen up and down my neck and sides. It was to the point where I could not twist in the slightest and had to turn my whole body like the Tasmanian Devil. Both arms really smart so it was difficult to sleep the night through. I feel a.little.feverish. It could be a lot worse. As an asthmatic I am taking NO chances.

I had my booster this past Saturday and feel fine. My arm is a tiny bit sore but that's all. I had 2 pfizer doses and got the moderna booster.

"As an asthmatic I am taking NO chances."

R281 - Thanks for your story of your experience. No one should take ANY chances.

I had the same experience with my first jab but the second jab and booster only made my arm sore at the injection point for about 24 hours.

Got the booster shot with a flu shot on the 19th of last month. Sick all day The next day. Aches, fever and chills. A few aspirin and some Gatorade did the trick once I was able to get my big ass off the sofa.

R283, I have a friend who's had heart palpitations -- afib --ever since her first shot. She's definitely not going for another.

Before you get a "booster" get a d-dimer test to check for micro-clots. Just to be safe! I've had two acquaintances die of heart attacks (47 and 53 yrs old, healthy with no co-morbidities) this year. Insurance won't cover the test so you're looking at approx $400 in the States.

Gee, r285 has posted over 20 times in this thread including these gems:

[bold]Are you going to get the Covid Booster Shot?[/bold]

No R52, you should believe EVERYTHING HE SAYS!!!

[bold]Are you going to get the Covid Booster Shot?[/bold]

Wait till the myocarditis sets in.

[bold]Are you going to get the Covid Booster Shot?[/bold]

Yup. I'm gonna get mine. And then I'll get another and another and another...because they don't really do much?

But r285, have your balls ballooned up in size?

I got a Moderna booster today. I feel a bit light-headed, but that may be due to too much coffee and not enough food.

I got Pfizer for my first 2 doses and had minor side-effects (sore arm, tiredness). My arm was sore right away with the Pfizer shots, but not with this Moderna booster.

Walgreens wouldn't let me mix vaccines, but CVS did. I wanted to get the booster ASAP and all of the nearby pharmacies had a two-week wait for Pfizer.

To reiterate vitamin D (Fauci says he takes 6,000 units daily) gives you an extra layer of protection but it will not be publicized because it it's feared - correctly! - that the masses will think it replaces taking the vaccine. No matter how many times you tell them - that's what many will think. I'm assuming we're not that dense here and will do both.

I just got my booster yesterday. Pfizer because I had Moderna. Fever, chills, aches last night but aspirin got rid of it.

They say covid-arm lasts three days, R291, but with my recent booster experience I'd extend that to five.

I got my Moderna booster yesterday - the half dose. I feel awful! I am glad that I got it - I was just surprised that I feel so crummy after …

R293 - Thanks for your endurance! We need more people like you!

I take back what I wrote yesteday! Last night, my arm got very sore, I got a low-grade fever and had a very hard time sleeping. Today, I am exhausted and have a bad headache and body-aches. It's been 26 hours since the vaccination. No regrets, since this just means I'm having a good immune response.