Q&A time regarding when I can get my booster jabs.
Q. Before I sign up for third jab, Where is the flu?
A. STFU stupid. No more flu A or B. They flew out out of Socal in late 2019. #19 is gone and now Delta is making it's way to socal. Get ready!!!
The
delta variant of the coronavirus is
making its way through Southern California, and in the process fueling a rise in cases and hospitalizations — and
new questions from residents, too. ((What about the flu?))
Throughout the region, public
health departments are reporting
increased case rates ((Flu?)), and are facing renewed public health
mandates, such as
masking up in public. It’s
prompted talk of vaccine requirements at local businesses, and already set them for many public workers, including employees of Los Angeles County.
And, as the months wear on ((18 months now)), and immunity wears off, the
question emerges for the community’s vaccinated:
How much and when — ((WHO the heck is asking for more?))
and when can I get my booster shot?
Q: It’s been months since I got fully vaccinated. Should I get the booster — and when?
A: Not yet, experts say. But you’ll
likely need one eventually ((99.999% chance)), because evidence show that immunity wanes with time.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was found to be 91.3% effective against COVID-19, measured seven days to six months after the second dose. It’s at that point, experts believe immunity begins to wane.
Pfizer’s latest data in July shows that a third dose is also successful against the delta variant.
Moderna, too, has found that a booster dose provided a robust antibody response against the disease
Still,
companies and federal agencies are studying (($$$$$)) the extent to which a full dose will protect you. And that’s why
local public health departments are waiting on those agencies to sign off on boosters.
"We’re going to defer to the Food and Drug Administration and their scientific panels and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their scientific panels to make decisions on how to most appropriately use the three vaccines that are available,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, adding that her department intends to align with such guidance when it comes.
The FDA expects to have a strategy on
COVID-19 vaccine boosters by early September, according to reports.
It would lay out when — and which vaccinated individuals should get the follow-up shots, based on vaccine efficacy laboratory data, clinical trial data and cohort data — which can include data from specific pharmaceutical companies.
Q: But my immune system is compromised. Can I get a booster now?
A: That’s why the Biden administration wants a booster strategy on the fast track.
“I also know many of you are wondering if you’ll need a booster shot to add another layer of protection,” Biden said on July 29.
Q: What about those people in San Francisco who are getting another shot? ((oh really?))
A: According to media reports, people vaccinated with the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will be able to receive a supplemental mRNA vaccine dose in San Francisco, the city’s health department said this week.
Q: But other countries are already doing boosters, aren’t they?
A: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
announced July 29 that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people older than 60 who have already been vaccinated. It made the nation the first country to offer a third dose of a Western vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale.
But many researchers have pushed back on that strategy, warning that it will further slow a global recovery because widespread boosters ahead of the rest of the world would take precious doses from parts of the world that have little immunity.
The danger, they warn, is that variants can emerge in those unvaccinated parts of the world, ultimately coming back to hit other countries — a kind of vicious cycle that some experts fear keeps the virus alive. ((Basically folks, this never ends until we all say it does. If you want Husker ((Messy)) or Espola ((EOTL in charge, keep taking the shots and booster up every 6-12 months. This will NOT end. Your poor arm will be one big magnetic arm)).