Inject that shit straight into my veins. It’s time for a booster especially now where nobody wears a mask anymore.
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I've gotten Covid twice. Once early pandemic, and once when vaccinated.
I do not want to get covid without the vaccine again. 0/10, would not recommend.
Yep. I'm on immunosuppressive medication so gimme gimme - I've managed to only get one very mild case of covid so far and even that was fucking miserable. Do not want, please give more vaccine.
The vaccine goes intramuscularly, but I get your enthusiasm
Of course duh, I was just using the popular quote. Inject that shit straight into my muscles doesn’t sound as good.
You can still get long-covid symptoms that lasts months (or forever) while boosted, so I really wish people still masked whether they are boosted or not.
It would be nice if they could package an annual booster with the flu shot, though I'm not sure of there are interaction issues. I got them both at the same time last year though and just had a mild cramp in my arm which is pretty typical for a flu shot on its own.
Eris fortunately doesn't appear to be more virulent than omicron was, but also doesn't seem to be weaking further as was the trend for the last few varients. It seems mutation with increased transmission over time seems to be the trend.
Just add it to the annual flu list and make your choice as to whether you want to get your shot every year or not. Not a big deal.
Next year. Should have combo shots next year. The hope was to have them ready this year, but we’ll be in the middle of flu season this year when they’re expected to be approved.
Of course with anything, unexpected things can derail that plan, but everything stay the course, one shot should be next year.
Various factors can play on if the place you go to will have the combo shot though, so there’s that too.
Last year I go them both at the same time, though in 2 separate shots.
Is anyone else super annoyed by the use of the word "jab" in news articles/headlines? It just sounds so unprofessional.
If I can get a covid and flu shot at the same time, by just walking into my local Walgreens and asking for it, then sure
I haven't gotten a booster in awhile and no one I know wear a mask anymore where I live. Plus kids are back in school and my eldest niece and nephew live with me; they are walking plague carriers.
So I will happily get this one.
I am very happy and ready to get another formulation once available. I'm up to date currently.
And I would like a new vaccine sooner rather than later. People at work are already starting to contract the new variant. I'm trying to limit my own exposure, but it's difficult.
I’ve had 5 shots and would take more if offered. Make it an annual thing!!
Does this mean I should start wearing a mask again?
Yes.
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NEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A new COVID vaccine is due out next month, but health experts and analysts say it is likely to be coolly received even as hospitalizations from "Eris", a variant of the Omicron form of the coronavirus, rise around the country.
Healthcare providers and pharmacies such as CVS Health (CVS.N) will start next month to offer the shot, updated to fight the Omicron version of the virus that has been dominant since last year.
They will be fighting declining concern about the virus, as well as fatigue and skepticism about the merits of this vaccine, Kaiser Family Foundation Director of Survey Methodology Ashley Kirzinger said.
As with the flu, Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE), Moderna (MRNA.O) and Novavax (NVAX.O), have created versions of the COVID vaccine to try to match the variant they believe will be circulating this fall.
Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases specialist at Vanderbilt University and a liaison to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization practices, said it is possible that the ACIP could make a weaker recommendation for younger, healthier people.
Dr. David Boulware, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of Minnesota, said that according to research he has published, people who are boosted have less severe symptoms for a shorter duration.
With the current wave very quickly picking up steam, chances are we will be through the worst of it by the time vaccines are available / taken by those still willing to go through with it.
I think I am 4-5 shots deep at this point, and have had a natural infection once.
It was horrible where I fully lose my taste for a number of weeks.
Then as taste / smell began to return some things were “wrong.”
It took months for coffee to return to normal.
If I had to live like that… well, let’s say those months had very unwelcome new dark thoughts that took me by surprise.