DLers: What say you? Covid edition

Get Moderna, it will be stronger. Unless you had bad side effects from Pfizer and can't handle it, then get Pfizer again.

I had the one-shot J&J and I'm going to get a Moderna booster.

Anyone want the J&J as a booster after getting the mRNA?

I don't think anyone really knows, OP. Third shots are too new to have that data.

Dr Norman Swan, who has been the best-known communicator about Covid in Australia, says what has recently happened is that authorities have realised these should all have been 3-shot vaccines from the start. (As is, for example, Hep B.) Because of the speed of development the key thing neither the authorities nor the manufacturers knew about was longevity. Now the data is in they realise it should always have been three.

At two shots, Pfizer loses efficacy faster than Moderna, which is a higher-dose shot. But they think (still little data on this) that three shots of either should give you lasting immunity. Nobody knows how long "lasting" means (measles is nearly forever, tetanus is 10-15 years, flu is one year), but they're aiming for at least one year and hopefully five. You may, of course, need a booster within that time if a new nasty variant emerges, but that's not because your existing protection has waned, it's because the booster will be tweaked to fight the new variant.

If you didn't get an mRNA shot the first time, as was the case for many Australians, the authorities are all saying you should get one as your third shot, but they're not prescribing which one. We didn't have any J&J here, but if you had that you might need two MRNA shots at appropriate intervals to bring you up to the three.

I want the Moderna booster. That is what I had previously. It's been six months since second shot. When will it be offered to people under 65 w/o the current qualifying medical conditions?

I had the J&J. Getting a Moderna booster as soon as I can.

I had Pfizer and no side effects at all so I am thinking I'll stick with that.

I saw on CNN one of the "qualifications" for a booster is smoking. If true pretty much anybody can get it I guess. Just say you smoke, no?

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hurry put high end vodka is a cage, muriel.

My first two shots were Pfizer. I received the Moderna booster yesterday and it knocked me on my ass. I ache all over and where they stuck the needle hurts a lot more than the Pfizer. All I want to do is go back to bed.

Since you're on DL, you might qualify for being at least overweight.

Moderna is for closers!

Get anything except the shithole Chinese vaccines.

[quote] I saw on CNN one of the "qualifications" for a booster is smoking.

In New York, it’s “smoker, current [bold]or former[/bold],” so you don’t even need to say you smoke.

But, due to patient privacy concerns, no one is asking why specifically you’re qualified. Merely “do you qualify?” on the honor system.

That's what I wanted to do, R11 -- now you're kinda talking me out of it.

Saying you were a smoker could be dangerous. If it ever comes up in a life insurance search, you’re screwed.

I just checked R16 and the side affects I am feeling are normal and it says that is showing my body is building up protection. Since I didn't have any side affects with Pfizer I was surprised. Had I known I would have scheduled the vaccination when I had two days off. As it is I had to call in sick today.

It can’t, r17.

Life insurance tests your blood for nicotine during the last 30 days. There’s no way any insurance company would know that you received a COVID booster shot by telling the pharmacy you smoked once.

But again, the point is moot because the pharmacies are not checking or asking you to verify. They’re basically saying “Do you qualify under one or more of these conditions? Yes or no?” That’s it.

No contest. Go home with him what brung you.

I’m thinking about getting J&J as my third shot.