D&D and the rising pandemic

[Zardnaar]

Only a few left in wife's office. They're all boosted.

Everyone who got Covid had 2 shots at least. Some got off with a sore throat for 1-2 days the worst said it dropped him on his ass for a few days.

 

[GreyLord]

Well, I think the US may have a decent protection if Delta and Omicron protect against Deltacron. It sort of swept through the US and the unvaccinated (and vaccinated) like wildfire from December to February.

Hopefully that leaves many somewhat protected (or moreso) than many other places where it really didn't hit as hard yet.

 

[Imaculata]

Two of my colleagues were out for 2 whole weeks. They were fully vaccinated but didn't get the booster, and still it is worst they've ever felt. Completely sapped all their energy too. So please get vaccinated.

 

[CapnZapp]

Two of my colleagues were out for 2 whole weeks. They were fully vaccinated but didn't get the booster, and still it is worst they've ever felt. Completely sapped all their energy too. So please get vaccinated.

If you by "they didn't get the booster" mean there was a 6+ months period since their 2nd jab, then they weren't fully vaccinated.

The vaccine does not give a life-long protection. Expect to take a booster every year for many years.

Not doing this means the protection quickly dwindles. The phrase "fully vaccinated" did once mean "having both jabs" but that is now only misleading.

Unless you took your latest booster 6 months ago or more recently, don't kid yourself into thinking you're "fully vaccinated"...

 

[Thomas Shey]

There is, apparently, some work being done on longer lasting vaccines (Moderna is at least doing so) so at some point it'll at least be yearly. But people need to think of them as flu vaccines, not measles vaccines.

 

[Zardnaar]

They lowered the time for booster here to 4 months.

 

[Guest 7034872]

They lowered the time for booster here to 4 months.

Do you know how long the boosters actually maintain efficacy? I don't, and I've often wondered.

 

[Zardnaar]

Do you know how long the boosters actually maintain efficacy? I don't, and I've often wondered.

4-6 months iirc

Even after 6 months still better than nothing afaik.

16% of hospital admissions here are boosted. A few of them only got it less than 2 weeks before.

One of my wife's workmates got the booster and tested positive next day.

 

[Thomas Shey]

4-6 months iirc

Even after 6 months still better than nothing afaik.

16% of hospital admissions here are boosted. A few of them only got it less than 2 weeks before.

One of my wife's workmates got the booster and tested positive next day.

There's nothing about the vaccine or the booster that makes that impossible. Its just a probability game.

 

[CapnZapp]

Especially against Omikron - the vaccine won't prevent you from going positive, it will "only" prevent you from dying or getting seriously sick.

(And by "prevent" I mean significantly reduce the risk of". Point is, the vaccine isn't particularly great if you only take it to not get positive. Personally though, I have never been interested in that metric. The "not dying" part, on the other hand...)