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in the interest of inclusivity & getting a more complete picture, a followup question: is anyone still continuing to get more "boosters" or whatever? are those

in the interest of inclusivity & getting a more complete picture, a followup question: is anyone still continuing to get more "boosters" or whatever? are those still being released? or, if not, at what point did you stop? the second shot? third? fourth? did you ever take/are you still taking one of those non-injectable covid medications? I'm so out of the loop about this stuff because it hasn't affected my life in any way in months, so this is me genuinely asking to see where people are at with this stuff. I have a feeling that many people got the initial shot and maybe one booster thereafter but since then haven't kept up… but this is just an assumption, and a pretty big one at that. no idea about the non-injectables whatsoever.

maxerickson 4y ago
Uptake of the boosters in the US is low. The one released this fall is targeted more closely at post-Omicron strains (dominant in most of 2022). Something like 15% of the country has gotten it, and only ~1/3 of the more vulnerable older folks. There's studies coming out regularly demonstrating that it is more protective against currently circulating virus than the initial vaccine. Covid deaths are still in the hundreds per day. Deaths continue to be concentrated in high risks groups and the risk of dying once infected continues to be higher among the unvaccinated.
- Kye 4y ago
  A lot of people are holding off until some months after their last covid infection on the advice of medical professionals. Classic case of data being easy to misread even with the best intentions.
  - maxerickson 4y ago
    Reported infections per day have been between 50,000 and 100,000 a day for months. If you assume that represents a medium fraction of cases, it accounts for like 20 million people not getting bivalent boosters (100,000 * 3 * 60 = 18,000,000). There's more than 250 million people that haven't gotten the booster.

maxerickson 4y ago

Uptake of the boosters in the US is low. The one released this fall is targeted more closely at post-Omicron strains (dominant in most of 2022). Something like 15% of the country has gotten it, and only ~1/3 of the more vulnerable older folks. There's studies coming out regularly demonstrating that it is more protective against currently circulating virus than the initial vaccine. Covid deaths are still in the hundreds per day. Deaths continue to be concentrated in high risks groups and the risk of dying once infected continues to be higher among the unvaccinated.

Kye 4y ago
A lot of people are holding off until some months after their last covid infection on the advice of medical professionals. Classic case of data being easy to misread even with the best intentions.
- maxerickson 4y ago
  Reported infections per day have been between 50,000 and 100,000 a day for months. If you assume that represents a medium fraction of cases, it accounts for like 20 million people not getting bivalent boosters (100,000 * 3 * 60 = 18,000,000). There's more than 250 million people that haven't gotten the booster.