Got the Moderna booster.

[Kingofalldems]

How much safer am I?

[Walleye]

1. 👍👏

[ariadne0614]

2. Fair question.

I got mine today, and definitely feel safer, but it would be nice to have the feeling based on data.

[Phoenix61]

3. Depends on what your first vaccine was.

If it was the J&J, you’re a lot safer.

[Kingofalldems]

4. No, Moderna.

Didn't know you can mix and match.

[cadoman]

7. trick question: you were already safe, and since you got your booster on time you're still safe

Good job, and thank you for keeping your vaccination status at "fully vaccinated"!

I suspect the lab geeks will measure antibody levels and such among the different permutations of boosters shots, but the bottom line is you're fully vaccinated so you're good to go.

[LisaL]

5. Data for Pfizer indicates

those who got boosted had dramatically decreased their chances of symptomatic infection.
It presumably should be similar for Moderna.

"An Israeli study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that the rate of confirmed infection in a group of participants who were not given a booster shot was 11.3 times higher than among those given a booster. Rates of severe illness were 19.5 times higher in those who had not been boosted."

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/how-big-an-immunity-boost-will-you-get-from-a-third-dose-of-covid19-vaccine/news-story/a12e0c6b4bdad5dcfe96122be23cd26d

[Kingofalldems]

6. Excellent.

[SheltieLover]

8. Check Dr. Eric Ding's twitter - Harvard epidemiologist

Has a chart up. 👍