General COVID-19 Vaccine Discussion

[Pushka]

Zoom And Twitter

The holier than thou who look down on the unclean from their towers - attributing Covid positive people to unclean behaviours and not “following the science”.

Until they themselves started becoming “dirty”…

Like our Police Commissioner and Opposition Leader.

 

[wandering_fred]

Since it is unlikely to be sponsored to the approval agencies, it will likely never be distributed....

New patent-free COVID vaccine developed as gift to the world

Does one become more cynical when wandering
Fred

 

[drron]

Since it is unlikely to be sponsored to the approval agencies, it will likely never be distributed....

New patent-free COVID vaccine developed as gift to the world

Does one become more cynical when wandering
Fred

Though it is already in production in India and producers in Bangladesh,Indonesia and Botswana have been given the technology.
Sounds like a great idea to get more under developed countries up to speed with vaccination which is essential to slow te spread of disease and reduce chances of new variants.

 

[drron]

A brilliant political move by President Macron in a speech on his covid strategy.

“I am not about pissing off the French people,” the president said in an interview with readers of Le Parisien on Tuesday. “But as for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And we will continue to do this, to the end. This is the strategy.”

“In a democracy, the worst enemies are lies and stupidity,” Macron said. “We are putting pressure on the unvaccinated by limiting, as much as possible, their access to activities in social life.”

So, he said, “we have to tell them: from 15 January, you will no longer be able to go to the restaurant. You will no longer be able to go for a coffee, you will no longer be able to go to the theatre. You will no longer be able to go to the cinema.”

Macron added: “When my freedoms threaten those of others, I become someone irresponsible. Someone irresponsible is not a citizen.”

Macron declares his Covid strategy is to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated

French president stokes divisions as parliament debates tighter requirements for mandatory health pass

www.theguardian.com

 

[drron]

The CDC a week ago decreased the interval for a booster to 5 months as well as allowing 12 - 15 years to get a booster.

Note to those ATAGI critics they reduced the interval to 5 months 3 weeks before the CDC and it is now 3 weeks to reduce it further to 4 months which the CDC has not done.

 

[HappyFlyerFamily]

The CDC a week ago decreased the interval for a booster to 5 months as well as allowing 12 - 15 years to get a booster.

Note to those ATAGI critics they reduced the interval to 5 months 3 weeks before the CDC and it is now 3 weeks to reduce it further to 4 months which the CDC has not done.

Is there much evidence about 2 or 3 dose effect on Omicron transmissibility?

 

[drron]

Discussed in this post.

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Australia has begun

Today one of our new admissions had been taking high dose Vitamin D to prevent Covid.Her Vitamin D level was twice the upper limits of normal and had high calcium levels with major symptoms including psychiatric problems.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[drron]

Despite a few anti vaxxers saying don't vaccinate if pregnant the real world experience is it is not risky.

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy not associated with increased risk for preterm birth or small-for-gestational-age at birth: CDC report

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination during pregnancy was not associated with increased risk for preterm birth or small-for-gestational-age (SGA) at birth, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. ...

dgalerts.docguide.com

 

[Quickstatus]

Paul Offit: (Director of Vaccine education at Children’s hospital Philadelphia and Professor paediatrics, co- inventor of rotavirus vaccine) says this about boosters

 

[There'sOnlyOneJimmy]

Has anyone seen any official advice in respect of having a booster soon after recovering from a Covid infection?
For an otherwise eligible adult, with mild immunodeficiency:
Is it better to wait for some time period, or just go ahead & get boosted?
Are there any increased risks of adverse reaction to the booster?
Is the effect of the booster reduced?

 

[Lynda2475]

ABC published an article on this this week:

So you've had COVID. When should you get a booster or vaccine?

As Omicron cases soar, many people are faced with having to re-book their vaccination appointments. Here are some principles to help you decide when to lock it in, writes Margie Danchin.

www.abc.net.au

You can get your booster as soon as you are recovered, but may choose to wait.

Note that NSW CHO Dr Chant stated this morning that a recent covid infection gives you an automatic 1 month exemption from needing to test and ISO if exposed as a close contact again. But after a month, there is a risk of re-infection, so same rules apply as they do to others who have not had covid.

 

[There'sOnlyOneJimmy]

ABC published an article on this this week:

So you've had COVID. When should you get a booster or vaccine?

As Omicron cases soar, many people are faced with having to re-book their vaccination appointments. Here are some principles to help you decide when to lock it in, writes Margie Danchin.

www.abc.net.au

You can get your booster as soon as you are recovered, but may choose to wait.

Note that NSW CHO Dr Chant stated this morning that a recent covid infection gives you an automatic 1 month exemption from needing to test and ISO if exposed as a close contact again. But after a month, there is a risk of re-infection, so same rules apply as they do to others who have not had covid.

That seems to cover it, thx.

 

[mviy]

If you don’t need the booster for work or travel purposes you could put it off a little bit, but if you have immunodeficiency you wouldn’t want to put it off too long.

Some people have no side effects oher than perhaps a sore arm to the vaccine. Other people can get some of the milder symptoms of COVID. So you want to be feeling recovered when having the vaccine.

It’s important to note that the vaccine can’t cause you to test positive to COVID.

Over time the protection against catching COVID after having the booster wanes, but so far in general the protection against severe disease remains strong after the booster.

There may be a new variant of the vaccine targeted at omicron (it is in development), but a vaccine targeted at delta was produced but hasn’t been deemed necessary as yet, so we will see.

 

[drron]

And results with AZ as a booster.

AstraZeneca says early trial data indicates third dose helps against Omicron

AstraZeneca said on Thursday that preliminary data from a trial showed that its COVID-19 shot, Vaxzevria, generated an increase in antibodies against the Omicron and other variants when given as a third booster dose.

www.reuters.com

 

[Flashback]

Has anyone seen any official advice in respect of having a booster soon after recovering from a Covid infection?
For an otherwise eligible adult, with mild immunodeficiency:
Is it better to wait for some time period, or just go ahead & get boosted?
Are there any increased risks of adverse reaction to the booster?
Is the effect of the booster reduced?

In the UK it's suggested to wait 4 weeks after a positive result.

 

[woodyren]

I was advised by both NSW Health and my GP that I could receive my booster after the symptoms of my recent infection ended. I ended my isolation on the 11th Jan after being symptom free for a few days.

I was scheduled for my booster on the 24th Jan but I rescheduled it until the 7th Feb.

 

[Quickstatus]

I don’t see a problem waiting a bit longer than what ATAGi is saying re boosters.

Let’s reduce the anxiety and hysteria
There is no science saying a slight delay is bad.

 

[NM]

I don’t see a problem waiting a bit longer than what ATAGi is saying re boosters.

Let’s reduce the anxiety and hysteria
There is no science saying a slight delay is bad.

It might be considered bad if you happen to catch it during that delay

 

[Quickstatus]

might be considered bad

Problem is that there is no science that backs that up.

 

[Pushka]

Its might be considered bad if you happen to catch it during that delay

But if you've just recovered the chances of a reinfection must be incredibly low.