Booster shots are coming for nursing home residents, healthcare workers, seniors this fall

[JoanofArgh]

Biden Administration Plans for Vaccine Boosters, Perhaps by Fall




WASHINGTON — With a stockpile of at least 100 million doses at the ready, Biden administration officials are developing a plan to start offering coronavirus booster shots to some Americans as early as this fall even as researchers continue to hotly debate whether extra shots are needed, according to people familiar with the effort.

The first boosters are likely to go to nursing home residents and health care workers, followed by other older people who were near the front of the line when vaccinations began late last year. Officials envision giving people the same vaccine they originally received. They have discussed starting the effort in October but have not settled on a timetable.


While many outside experts argue there is no proof yet that the vaccines’ protection against severe disease and hospitalization is waning in the United States, administration officials say they cannot afford to put off figuring out the logistics of providing boosters to millions of people until that tipping point is reached. The spotty nature of the nation’s disease-reporting network makes the question of timing even trickier.

Among other indicators, officials say, the administration is carefully watching Israel, where some data suggests an uptick in severe disease among older adults who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine early in that nation’s campaign, according to people who have reviewed it. Some officials are concerned that even if a decline in protection merely results in mild or asymptomatic infections, those infected people could still spread the virus and prolong the pandemic.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/14/us/covid-vaccine-third-shot-booster.html

[Runningdawg]

1. I'm eligible an ready! I just hope I don't have to wait 6 months like I did for the first dose.

[sheshe2]

2. I'll take a booster.

I was fully vaxed the end of March.

[JoanofArgh]

4. Me too! March 31st to be exact.

[sheshe2]

10. March 20 for me!

[BannonsLiver]

3. I'd take one now

But there are a couple of ominous signs in the article that point to a shit show in the making. I gather that’s why some are already sneaking third doses.

[JoanofArgh]

5. Everything in this country is a goddamn shit show anymore.

[LisaL]

6. Good.

Moderna's immunity seems to be lasting longer than Pfizer's, but Pfizer was approved first, so those who got it early were vaccinated with Pfizer.

[HUAJIAO]

8. Moderna's also seems to protect against serious illness, hospitalization and death better.

I had Moderna and was 'protected' as of march 15.

[LisaL]

9. I had Moderna too.

Back then I wanted Pfizer, but the pharmacy near me only had Moderna, so I got it. Turned out to be a good thing.

[Paper Roses]

7. Got my 2nd shot end of February,

Would take 3rd if offered.