This question goes out those who took the 2 jabs? Will you you take it to get back to normality? Or are you sick of the government moving the goalposts constantly?
You would take the vaccine to reduce transmission to lower the prevalence of the virus in society as a whole.
Vaccines reduce transmission.
I'm well aware of this, why would I vaccinate to protect someone else, seems redundant to me
Disingenuous bile.
First off , get over the Trump derangement syndrome, I think the users name here is tongue in cheek ...
also vaccines don't prevent transmission
The Vaccine protects YOU and only YOU.
People need to get this into their heads.
Double vaxed, got covid 4 weeks ago, so now not eligible for booster. Yes, if eligible I would take it. Omicron might make me eligible again.
Booked in to receive mine this day week.
Fine, but it’s a bloody good reason!
Which presumes this is the only reason why people are taking vaccines. It may be yours but there are many other reasons they do.
It's not even fully resolved at EU level yet but likely each cert will continue to have a validity of nine months post-vaccination.
Well Mr "Real Donald Trump", I certainly will be, as soon as it comes around to my age group. If it becomes annually, or even biannually I will repeatedly take it. If I could take it sooner I would.
I'm more concerned with keeping my immediate immunocompromised family members, and any member of the immunocompromised public I may encounter, safe from a lethal infection. I'm guessing you, like your hero Donald Trump, could not give a sh!t about these individuals.
To reduce transmission.
The vaccine reduces transmission.
What we heard is the plan is indeed to update the vaccine cert with the booster date, but that was not yet rolled out by the HSE. So, just a matter of time.
Friend of mine got a booster shot recently and was told that her vaccine cert won't be updated. If our vaccine certs remain valid without the boosters it means no booster for me (yet).
Sorry, should have clarified, I am 56 and haven't been called yet. Was wondering where they are age wise. I suppose it depends where you are location wise in any case. I am in Dublin.
Expecting healthy especially younger people to constantly turn up every six months for a jab of something which let's face it long term side effects is still unknown is a bit of an ask to be honest.
Not that many get a flu vaccine so they don't have any point of reference for the frequency of vaccine shots and any other possible examples are in the memories of their parents.
Why we have to keep dosing the rest of the population every six months for a virus that is of little risk to them keeps society locked in a back and forth level of uncertainty and while reducing spread doesn't seem to be reducing it by enough to be worth it is beyond me.
All emotive, no data. What would be enough of a reduction in spread? And, as always, you seemingly only care about death. Long Covid is about 20% risk in older (if 50+ counts as older these days.) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01292-y
Requiring boosters every six months seems small price to pay to reduce spread.
How is my age relevant?
Didnt get an invite, booked it with a local pharmacy
Not sure why people getting so worked up that boosters or revised vaccines may be needed on a regular basis. It's been the case with the flu vaccine for years
For ages people caught rightful static for comparing this pox to the flu, but apparently it's grand to compare the vaccines, when there are just as many differences there too. Flu vaccines are annual and aimed at the vulnerable and health workers and even there the take up is hardly sterling. The mechanism by which flu vaccines work and why they're needed is quite different to covid vaccines. There are zero restrictions around people who don't have the flu vaccine. As it stands we've been told that we need a covid booster at six months. How does this third booster change the antibody waning period where two didn't? So currently unless this third jab magically extends antibody immunity out to a year, which is a bit of a stretch from six months, this will be a bi annual jab for the foreseable going on current vaccines. If you're over fifty/fat/diabetic/immunocompromised[delete as applicable] than game ball get your booster, it's a good idea for you. Why we have to keep dosing the rest of the population every six months for a virus that is of little risk to them keeps society locked in a back and forth level of uncertainty and while reducing spread doesn't seem to be reducing it by enough to be worth it is beyond me.
Moderna was a gamble, it could as easily have been Valneva or Novavax and hit production issues (or numerous other actually failed vaccines).
Tech stocks have more than doubled during the pandemic, so you could say Pfizer has underperformed :)
(interestingly, AZ have barely moved).
It is puzzling; they think they're getting some revenge by putting themselves more at risk for illness. And, if they get good and sick from Covid, Big Pharma enjoys sales of expensive meds. If they get long Covid and are on expensive drugs for months or years, Big Pharma enjoys more sales.
The fact that the "I won't take the booster because I'm at low risk of dying" reason is pretty weak as it doesn't consider long Covid. Have seen estimates of like 30% of Covid illness results in months of debilitation. But, hey, you didn't get a booster. Bully for you. See you when you're back on your feet.
I have to ask, who suffers? You not taking a booster will mean feck all to Pfizer. They'll sell it elsewhere. Like we've seen on the thread, 'I won't take a booster I want to ship it overseas' is a laugh. Like your not taking a booster will make any difference in what happens in your imaginary 3rd world country. And you'll be the one to get sick. The joke will be on you, not Pfizer.
When did you get the invite - are you in an at risk group?
I would gladly get a booster as I've just had the J&J back in May, in my 50's. However, I stopped by the local walk-in clinic yesterday, and the Q was round the block 45 mins before the 2 hour slot opened and I wasn't in the mood to hang around in the rain to possibly be told "sorry, come back tomorrow".
Not sure why people getting so worked up that boosters or revised vaccines may be needed on a regular basis. It's been the case with the flu vaccine for years, and having been laid low twice with proper flu I now get the yearly shot to try and protect against some of the current strains.
Every 3 months we need to take a booster to partake in society !!
This is absolute utter insanity !
And I say this as someone that is doubly vaccinated , I believed it was the right thing to do at the time, but taking natural immunity into account since every human on the planet will eventually get covid - this one size fits all solution is nuts.
The data coming out of Pfizer's sales department suggests that boosters every 2 months provides very good protection against the Omicron variant.
Not really a surprise, UK going the same way.
Israel were planning to also, but want to focus on trying to get more unvaccinated jabbed instead.
Pretty much. The only company where it paid to be a shareholder because of this pox is Moderna. Their only commercial product is the covid vaccine. If you'd bought into them when they were under twenty quid a share, you'd have a nice return when they peaked at nearly 400. Though Pfizer have nearly doubled since the pox rolled in and I doubt that was due to an increased uptake of viagra. 😁
It's always a good time to be a Pfizer shareholder.
Big pharma cleans up either way. They profit if you are vaccinated; they profit if, unvaccinated, you fall ill and require treatment.
What a time to be a Pfizer shareholder.......
Not sure why. Once you give them your PPS number, everything is on the computer. I would only say it’s needed if you got it out of country (but would wonder how you got contacted!)
the Covid cert gives you last dose date and vaccine , so should work
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