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Why is there much difference between getting a booster every 6 months rather than every 12-24 months? Compared to lockdowns or even just mask mandates, both bo

Why is there much difference between getting a booster every 6 months rather than every 12-24 months? Compared to lockdowns or even just mask mandates, both booster schedules seem like a pretty minor inconvenience given the pandemic-halting benefits.

Mikeb85 5y ago
> pandemic-halting benefits Currently we have the highest case numbers ever. How can you type this with a straight face? I'm OK with taking a vaccine for my own benefit, when I want. But don't pretend the vaccines have halted the pandemic.
- celtain 5y ago
  You just said you're mostly done. If not the vaccine, what (mostly) ended the pandemic for you?
  - Mikeb85 5y ago
    Oh I'm beyond done with the pandemic itself. Honestly, have been since I got Covid (first wave). I went along with some things because I'm not a sociopath. The mostly part is that I'm open to get a vaccine now and then. The evidence shows they do seem to prevent serious complications when you do catch Covid. I'm not down with all the bullshit restrictions and government overreach that obviously isn't effective at anything except destroying the economy.
csdvrx 5y ago
I'd be glad to take boosters on any schedule, if only for said boosters we were using the mRNA advantage of short lead time and quick iteration to target the ACTUAL strain, not the one from 2 years ago...
- p1mrx 5y ago
  Pandemics are likely to happen more regularly now that global travel is widespread, so I imagine a future where all the major viruses get tossed into a 6-12 month mRNA "antivirus update".
  - csdvrx 5y ago
    And I'd LOVE to see that! I'm not "antivax". I'm anti-inefficient-vaxes-based-on-the-strain-from-2-years-ago
- pseudalopex 5y ago
  Trials found boosting with the original vaccines was effective for delta. Omicron vaccines are being tested.
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DiggyJohnson 5y ago
Vaccines have not halted the pandemic. What do you mean to say?
yonaguska 5y ago
If you had an adverse reaction to any of the vaccines, every booster is a scary prospect, more so if they are more frequent. People would rather take an occasional risk over a frequent risk.
nradov 5y ago
Boosters should be available to those who want them, but we can't boost our way out of the pandemic. https://youtu.be/GklHGYY8vN8 https://youtu.be/GklHGYY8vN8
nsxwolf 5y ago
These pandemic-halting benefits seem to be illusory with delta and omicron. The drug companies seem to have no particular motivation to release updated vaccines. If I'm going to be forced to keep current on a shot if I want to be employed or enter buildings, it should come with some form of justification that is periodically evaluated. If it doesn't work, the inconvenience should not exist. If the virus mutates and risk falls below some standard, the inconvenience should not exist. I have been taking off my shoes for 20 years at the airport. I understand that you can never eliminate the possibility of someone putting a bomb in their shoe, so we just have to do this forever. But viruses change, and I'd at least like someone to acknowledge there should be a goal that I won't be forced to do this also in 20 years.
- celtain 5y ago
  To the people who are "vaxxed and done", the pandemic-halting benefits seem to be real enough. Many of us aren't done (and many others were done long before the vaccine came out), but we're not the subjects of this article.
- landemva 5y ago
  Yet people who pay TSA a couple hundred bucks for PreCheck, and the elderly, don't take off their shoes. Like a potential shoe bomber can't figure it out. More theater and safetyism.
xboxnolifes 5y ago
If vaccines actually had pandemic-halting benefits I might agree with you. All numbers currently point to otherwise.
giantg2 5y ago
Part of it is practicality. Even the experts agree that we can't vaccine the entire planet every 6 months.
valachio 5y ago
Getting a booster every 6 months vs every 24 months is a 4x difference in the number of boosters you have to take. That's 4x the potential complications (mistakes can happen in science, e.g. thalidomide) and 4x the cost. And no boosters are not free. I can't wrap my head around how many people believe that boosters are free. No they are not free. If you are not paying for it directly, the government is paying for it with taxpayer money. And tax money doesn't fall from the sky. It comes out of your wallet. Or the government can print the money and risk higher inflation, which is just an indirect tax on your money.

Mikeb85 5y ago

> pandemic-halting benefits Currently we have the highest case numbers ever. How can you type this with a straight face? I'm OK with taking a vaccine for my own benefit, when I want. But don't pretend the vaccines have halted the pandemic.

celtain 5y ago
You just said you're mostly done. If not the vaccine, what (mostly) ended the pandemic for you?
- Mikeb85 5y ago
  Oh I'm beyond done with the pandemic itself. Honestly, have been since I got Covid (first wave). I went along with some things because I'm not a sociopath. The mostly part is that I'm open to get a vaccine now and then. The evidence shows they do seem to prevent serious complications when you do catch Covid. I'm not down with all the bullshit restrictions and government overreach that obviously isn't effective at anything except destroying the economy.

csdvrx 5y ago

I'd be glad to take boosters on any schedule, if only for said boosters we were using the mRNA advantage of short lead time and quick iteration to target the ACTUAL strain, not the one from 2 years ago...

p1mrx 5y ago
Pandemics are likely to happen more regularly now that global travel is widespread, so I imagine a future where all the major viruses get tossed into a 6-12 month mRNA "antivirus update".
- csdvrx 5y ago
  And I'd LOVE to see that! I'm not "antivax". I'm anti-inefficient-vaxes-based-on-the-strain-from-2-years-ago
pseudalopex 5y ago
Trials found boosting with the original vaccines was effective for delta. Omicron vaccines are being tested.

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DiggyJohnson 5y ago

Vaccines have not halted the pandemic. What do you mean to say?

yonaguska 5y ago

If you had an adverse reaction to any of the vaccines, every booster is a scary prospect, more so if they are more frequent. People would rather take an occasional risk over a frequent risk.

nradov 5y ago

Boosters should be available to those who want them, but we can't boost our way out of the pandemic. https://youtu.be/GklHGYY8vN8 https://youtu.be/GklHGYY8vN8

nsxwolf 5y ago

These pandemic-halting benefits seem to be illusory with delta and omicron. The drug companies seem to have no particular motivation to release updated vaccines. If I'm going to be forced to keep current on a shot if I want to be employed or enter buildings, it should come with some form of justification that is periodically evaluated. If it doesn't work, the inconvenience should not exist. If the virus mutates and risk falls below some standard, the inconvenience should not exist. I have been taking off my shoes for 20 years at the airport. I understand that you can never eliminate the possibility of someone putting a bomb in their shoe, so we just have to do this forever. But viruses change, and I'd at least like someone to acknowledge there should be a goal that I won't be forced to do this also in 20 years.

celtain 5y ago
To the people who are "vaxxed and done", the pandemic-halting benefits seem to be real enough. Many of us aren't done (and many others were done long before the vaccine came out), but we're not the subjects of this article.
landemva 5y ago
Yet people who pay TSA a couple hundred bucks for PreCheck, and the elderly, don't take off their shoes. Like a potential shoe bomber can't figure it out. More theater and safetyism.

xboxnolifes 5y ago

If vaccines actually had pandemic-halting benefits I might agree with you. All numbers currently point to otherwise.

giantg2 5y ago

Part of it is practicality. Even the experts agree that we can't vaccine the entire planet every 6 months.

valachio 5y ago

Getting a booster every 6 months vs every 24 months is a 4x difference in the number of boosters you have to take. That's 4x the potential complications (mistakes can happen in science, e.g. thalidomide) and 4x the cost. And no boosters are not free. I can't wrap my head around how many people believe that boosters are free. No they are not free. If you are not paying for it directly, the government is paying for it with taxpayer money. And tax money doesn't fall from the sky. It comes out of your wallet. Or the government can print the money and risk higher inflation, which is just an indirect tax on your money.