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> It's a lot easier to get folks to agree to one or two shots one time Is it gonna be “one or two shots one time” like the Covid vaccine was initially pitched

• arcticbull 5y ago
  Why on earth do people get all uppity about the COVID vaccine requiring multiple shots? Basically every vaccine you've ever had (and you've likely had a lot) required 2, 3, 4 or even periodic shots for your entire life. - Flu. Twice per year until age 9 then one per year, forever. - Td, one dose every 10 years, forever. - Tdap, 4 doses. - Pneumococcal, 2 doses. - Rotavirus, 2 or 3 doses. - Meningitis, 2 doses. - MMR, 2 doses. - Hepatitis A, 2 doses. - Hepatitis B, 3 doses. - HPV, 2 or 3 doses. - Polio, 2 doses. - Varicella, 2 doses. Seriously, we've had vaccines for 300 years. This kind of shocked Pikachu reaction to the very concept of a booster is tiring and adds nothing to the conversation. Honestly, one dose every 3 months to avoid AIDS? In a heartbeat. How is getting an ouchie once in a while anything other than a remarkable scientific breakthrough in the prevention of one of the most insidious diseases we have?
  • f6v 5y ago
    Don’t get me wrong, I got my 3 Covid shots. But that’s within 6 months. No other vaccine is that frequent.
    • dragonwriter 5y ago
      > Don’t get me wrong, I got my 3 Covid shots. But that’s within 6 months. No other vaccine is that frequent. That's not at all true, though the number drops pretty low when you eliminate the various series for infants that have doses at something like 2, 4, and 6 months (and often a fourth at 12-15). But even eliminating those, there's a 3-dose/6-month HPV vaccine series, and a 3-dose, 6-month series for Meningitis B for populations at elevated risk, and maybe others.