Part of me wants to get another covid shot. I got Moderna in Feb and March

[demtenjeep]

but I have almost felt like going to a pharmacy and getting a new round

[LisaL]

1. Would they know that you already had it?

I want a booster too, and I am concerned FDA is moving too slowly on it. Pfizer suggests that at six months your immunity is decreased and it's time for a booster shot.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. I have to get blood work soon

and I was thinking of asking my doc to throw in an antibody test myself

[Zeitghost]

3. Best to check

with your Dr.

[LisaL]

5. Dr. won't do anything because officially boosters have not been recommended.

NT

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. If you are high risk, the Doctor can go off label

I saw a segment on MSNBC with a doctor discussing giving booster as off label. There has to be a good reason

[Jerry2144]

4. I am tempted too

Got my Modena in Jan and Feb. wondering if I should. Or what would happen if I went for Pfizer one and two. I bet people have done that

[demtenjeep]

6. I would do it tomorrow

if I could

[LisaL]

7. You just need one more shot, not two.

NT

[walkingman]

8. I'm going to discuss with my Oncologist in a couple of weeks. It's been over

2 years since my chemo so not sure if my immune system is normal now or still suppressed? My WBC is back to normal but not sure if that tells the entire story.

[GPV]

9. I got j and j. I want an mRNA booster now

[zuul]

25. Me too.

[Freddie]

28. Me too

[Ananda62]

10. I want a booster too

Got Pfizer in Feb and March. I’m in Las Vegas where the coronavirus infection rates are high.

[DFW]

11. We will wait until one has been developed and approved for us

My wife and I both got Moderna while in the USA last spring. If there is a booster widely recommended as highly effective, we'll get it, even if we have to travel back to the USA to get it.

[pinkstarburst]

12. You can't, not approved by CDC

This is the same issue facing all the people who got the J&J vaccine and want a booster of one of the RNA vaccines. Because the CDC has not approved anyone getting a 3rd booster, or anyone who is already vaccinated getting a different shot (a J&J person getting a Pfizer), the pharmacies will not vaccinate you. I've called around.

Call your congressperson and tell them this is important to you. I'm very frustrated because I feel like my spouse is woefully protected with just one shot of the J&J and the CDC/Biden administration aren't doing a darn thing about it.

[LisaL]

14. But what if you show up in a pharmacy and don't tell them you are already vaccinated?

NT

[ProfessorGAC]

26. There Has To Be A Database

At least here in Illinois.
The vaccine recipient "lottery" didn't require any effort to enter.
They automatically entered us, so they must have the vax list.
I'd think they would get a block message if you tried to enter your name again.

[zuul]

27. You're correct.

I talked to the pharmacist who gave me the vaccine and my doctor. Boosters have not yet been approved in the US. You can’t just walk into a vaccination site and demand another shot.

When you got your first one, you were put into the database. Even if you don’t have insurance, they know who has been vaccinated already.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Israel is giving boosters to the elderly

Link to tweet

In Israel, Health Ministry officials late Wednesday recommended administering booster shots to older adults. The director general of the Health Ministry is expected to accept that recommendation in coming days and will decide whether the target group will include people older than 65 or older than 75.

Despite a lack of regulatory approval for boosters in the United States or Europe and the absence of definitive data, the Israeli experts concluded that the peril posed by the apparent waning of vaccine efficacy over time, alongside a spike in infections, outweighs the risk of pursuing a booster shot policy for the elderly.

The Israeli officials said protection against serious illness for those older than 60 who were vaccinated in January dropped from 97 percent to about 81 percent. For those older than 60 vaccinated in March, it fell to about 84 percent. They said efficacy remained at 93 percent for people ages 40 to 59 years.

The data released Wednesday by Pfizer, when viewed across the entirety of the six-month period covered in the paper, showed the vaccine was 91 percent protective overall. The findings come from the continuation of a large clinical trial that began last summer, so they do not include the period when the delta variant had emerged and become dominant.

[Deuxcents]

13. Be careful

Don’t overreact. I was x2 with MODERNA..March n April n I’m just doing what I did 15 months ago. The scientists, dealing with the data that changes all the time, will say if your fears are correct. You could make things worse for you.

[roamer65]

15. Being you are Moderna, don't worry so much.

Moderna doses were 2.5 greater than Pfizer. 100mcg vs 30mcg.

I highly suspect we Moderna folks are brimming with spike protein antibodies.

[LisaL]

16. Doses were greater. Antibody levels were not.

NT

[roamer65]

17. That means another shot would probably be not as useful as one thinks.

I’m waiting to see CDC guidance.

[LisaL]

18. It actually is very useful.

Pfizer shows that third dose increases antibody levels 5-10 fold.

[roamer65]

19. 200 vs 60mcg.

Difference between Moderna and Pfizer, after both doses.

I really should get an antibody titer done to see what level I am at.

Would be interesting.

[LisaL]

20. Two doses of Moderna do not produce higher efficacy than Pfizer despite using a larger amount of

mRNA.
It's the third dose given some months after the first two that makes the difference.

[roamer65]

22. Possibly.

I would like to see Moderna booster data before I make that assumption. You are just quoting Pfizer stats.

[BigDemVoter]

20. Amen to that.

I considered the same thing after seeing that the vaccine can lose a bit of efficacity over time. California maintains records of who has had the vaccination, and you cannot get a 3rd. . . . Considering there are lots of people who have refused their vaccination, I don't see how it could hurt. In any case, I work in a hospital, and vaccinated staff members have been coming down with the D variant, and I don't particularly want to. I guess it's time to be vigilant with the mask wearing. . . We have to wear them at work which is fine with me, as I wear one at all times when indoors.

[OnDoutside]

23. I was listening to an immunologist here in Ireland talking about booster shots (they're talking

about a combined Covid booster/Flu shot) but he said that it wouldn't be needed so soon for the two mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna), but would be for the older tech vaccines like J&J and AstraZeneca.

[Whiskeytide]

24. An MD told me yesterday that the best way to check your antibody status is...

… to donate blood. They tell you.

[Treefrog]

29. Didn't you just suddenly move out of your condo due to fear of collapse after the Miami thing?

What was it Roosevelt said about fear?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

30. My son is in the Pfzier booster trial

My son is also in the original Pfzier trial and got his first round of shots back in August of last year. My son thinks that he got the booster and not the placebo in that he has been running a fever and his arm hurts for the last two days. This is similar to but slightly more severe than what he felt after his second Pfzier shot

I am tempted to go off label and get a third shot