Omicron Targeted Vaccine Is Out
 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...booster-shots/

Get yer shots, now dagnabbit.

Thanks for posting Bob. I aim to this weekend.

De nada, my friend. Let us know what reactions, if any, you incur.

Limited benefit. I think we'll skip this one.

https://www.science.org/content/arti...lots-questions

Figgers...:rolleyes:

Gotta wait a few weeks still.....

Got the bug back around the 4th of July.
Glad I waited until they had plenty of therapies to fight back.


Got the antiviral PAXLOVID and it kicked it to the curb.


Was not to awful feeling bad sore throat and sniffles...talking to a friend said "take a test" because that was how he felt when it started.

Called Doc got the Meds.


By the time I started feeling really bad the drugs kicked in and glad of it!

Good move getting the meds soonest.

Did you have this medication on hand and is that available by prescription only?

Called my Primary Care Doc and she did a phone video link with me. Prescribed the antiviral. I was totally up to date on the vac's boosted 2x...

Was feeling pretty $hitty as the day wore on, building up. Had to plug my nose with cotton balls to stop the dripping and the dry caugh tickling.

The Meds kicked it right away. Two days and gone....

Thanks Barney. I will email my primary care doctor.

You feeling down?

Think you have....

:cool::cool:Thank you Sir.
It is good that scientists now have more freedom to express themselves.

I stay in hotels once a week when I travel to Santa Clara. Just want to be prepared in case I get ill when I am away from home.

My Doctor was great.

Did everything over the phone. Had the free home test kits to use.

Once testing positive just be a good neighbor and isolate wear a mask when around others. That sorta behavior.

Was told by many in the medical field after it happened five days after last symptoms good to go out. No need to test again. Wear the mask for twelve to fourteen.

I waited really longer then that maybe a month or more around family and at home. Wife never got it. One sons family got sick a month later, he brought it home from work. Works with some Q nuts.....


Good luck, stay safe!

"Up until now, vaccines have targeted the original strain of the coronavirus. Many studies have demonstrated that omicron is better at evading existing vaccines than previous strains, leading some other countries, such as Britain, to authorize omicron-specific vaccines.

Doing the same in the United States makes sense. Omicron has been dominant here since December 2021 and constitutes virtually all new cases. The BA.5 subvariant alone makes up nearly 89 percent of infections. Both Pfizer and Moderna presented compelling data that a bivalent booster, composed of the original vaccine plus a component targeted to BA.4 and BA.5, will increase the antibodies directed against omicron subvariants.

Those who oppose authorization say that not enough studies have been done to prove that the bivalent version is superior to the original one. In some ways, they are right; real-world studies are still ongoing to prove the new booster is superior. But laboratory studies on a vaccine’s ability to induce antibodies are a good proxy. We also have many years of experience from the flu vaccine, which is updated annually to match emerging mutations.

Moreover, there is a real cost to waiting for definitive results. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than 1 million hospitalizations and 100,000 deaths could be averted if booster coverage reached last year’s flu vaccination levels by Oct. 31.

To me, the most crucial part of the CDC’s recommendation is that it simplified booster terminology. Now, all people 12 and older will be considered up-to-date on coronavirus vaccines if they have received this updated version."


Leana S. Wen, a Washington Post contributing columnist who writes the newsletter The Checkup with Dr. Wen, is a professor at George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health and author of the book "Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health." Previously, she served as Baltimore’s health commissioner.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...ccine-omicron/

what's happening in Israel?

Post a link and enlighten us, o wise one. :rolleyes:

I am asking since Israel is the leading test bed - the highest percent vaccination and in the forefront with taking boosters.