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I listen to TWiV, and the prominent virologists there are suggesting that we don't actually know. In some of the latest episodes, they discuss frankly the fact
by scoofy 4y ago
I listen to TWiV, and the prominent virologists there are suggesting that we don't actually know. In some of the latest episodes, they discuss frankly the fact that yearly boosters may or may not actually have any meaningful impact for normal healthy folks. They get into the details of why we know annual influenza boosters are effective, and that we really don't know whether COVID boosters will have the same effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Week_in_Virology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Week_in_Virology
https://youtu.be/hwPhF7v4G4M?t=1240 https://youtu.be/hwPhF7v4G4M?t=1240
https://youtu.be/jbPlhaHytm0?t=2449 https://youtu.be/jbPlhaHytm0?t=2449
- dekhn 4y agoThis is correct: the current position of the medical establishment is that we simply don't have enough data to make an extremely strong argument for vaccines for healthy people.
- tylerhou 4y agoTo be clear, do you mean no additional benefit for booster vaccines (not the original series)?
- dekhn 4y agoI don't know enough about the boosters yet (and nobody does). We'll have a better idea in January after the winter cycle is winding down.
- trention 4y agoAnd nobody knows enough about the flu vaccine currently yearly formulation in every year of the last 50+, but it was still recommended and administered to 40+% of US adults. Covid-related antivaxxism is just latent antivaxxers finally coming clean.
- scoofy 4y agoWatch the TWiV videos, they go into detail, and I time stamped them