Let us know when-if ya get the A-ok. My kid passed her day 8 Canada re-entry test and is finished her 14 day quarantine-restrictions ie: no school😊 Thanks kiddo for your Ohana sacrifice!
Good news here for concert-goers and musicians. Only 6 weeks behind former projections that didn't have delta considered, so not too shabby.
I'm going to my first concert on Saturday. Old School Canadian punk band play a small bar a reduced capacity. 75 people.
I've also been going to movies and enjoying the way they spaced out the seats. (and empty seat between groups kind of thing).
I wonder how hard it's going to be to adjust to everything going back wide open.
I also wonder why our government isn't talking about booster. I think the majority of people got Pfizer so people vaccinate earlier are hitting or going past 6 months now. Their halfassed rolling out boosters to care homes, but it seems odd they haven't started to warm up a booster shot program yet.
didnt canada increase the time between doses? with suggestion it was more effective?
Yes, we have good data now that demonstrates improved protection when the first and second doses were spaced out further, between 12-16 weeks
and would further bolster arguments for boosters in general. Timing in the Canadian model is the question....
Our model varied. It was based in supply not on science (as to be honest I don't think a lot of science was available on spacing). My doses were 8 weeks and a few days apart. I think for people getting vaxxed now, opposed to being in the queue, have a shorter interval.
True that it was largely prompted by supply issues, not true that it wasn’t based on science. The decisions were based on immunological principles and what we know about development of immune response after immunization. It wasn’t a wild guess pulled out of the air
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Let us know when-if ya get the A-ok. My kid passed her day 8 Canada re-entry test and is finished her 14 day quarantine-restrictions ie: no school😊 Thanks kiddo for your Ohana sacrifice!
Good news here for concert-goers and musicians. Only 6 weeks behind former projections that didn't have delta considered, so not too shabby.
I'm going to my first concert on Saturday. Old School Canadian punk band play a small bar a reduced capacity. 75 people.
I've also been going to movies and enjoying the way they spaced out the seats. (and empty seat between groups kind of thing).
I wonder how hard it's going to be to adjust to everything going back wide open.
I also wonder why our government isn't talking about booster. I think the majority of people got Pfizer so people vaccinate earlier are hitting or going past 6 months now. Their halfassed rolling out boosters to care homes, but it seems odd they haven't started to warm up a booster shot program yet.
didnt canada increase the time between doses? with suggestion it was more effective?
Yes, we have good data now that demonstrates improved protection when the first and second doses were spaced out further, between 12-16 weeks
and would further bolster arguments for boosters in general. Timing in the Canadian model is the question....
Our model varied. It was based in supply not on science (as to be honest I don't think a lot of science was available on spacing). My doses were 8 weeks and a few days apart. I think for people getting vaxxed now, opposed to being in the queue, have a shorter interval.
True that it was largely prompted by supply issues, not true that it wasn’t based on science. The decisions were based on immunological principles and what we know about development of immune response after immunization. It wasn’t a wild guess pulled out of the air
and what are your total vax rates now and the rates of delta infections?
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Let us know when-if ya get the A-ok. My kid passed her day 8 Canada re-entry test and is finished her 14 day quarantine-restrictions ie: no school😊 Thanks kiddo for your Ohana sacrifice!
Good news here for concert-goers and musicians. Only 6 weeks behind former projections that didn't have delta considered, so not too shabby.
I'm going to my first concert on Saturday. Old School Canadian punk band play a small bar a reduced capacity. 75 people.
I've also been going to movies and enjoying the way they spaced out the seats. (and empty seat between groups kind of thing).
I wonder how hard it's going to be to adjust to everything going back wide open.
I also wonder why our government isn't talking about booster. I think the majority of people got Pfizer so people vaccinate earlier are hitting or going past 6 months now. Their halfassed rolling out boosters to care homes, but it seems odd they haven't started to warm up a booster shot program yet.
didnt canada increase the time between doses? with suggestion it was more effective?
Yes, we have good data now that demonstrates improved protection when the first and second doses were spaced out further, between 12-16 weeks
and would further bolster arguments for boosters in general. Timing in the Canadian model is the question....
Our model varied. It was based in supply not on science (as to be honest I don't think a lot of science was available on spacing). My doses were 8 weeks and a few days apart. I think for people getting vaxxed now, opposed to being in the queue, have a shorter interval.
True that it was largely prompted by supply issues, not true that it wasn’t based on science. The decisions were based on immunological principles and what we know about development of immune response after immunization. It wasn’t a wild guess pulled out of the air
and what are your total vax rates now and the rates of delta infections?
Let us know when-if ya get the A-ok. My kid passed her day 8 Canada re-entry test and is finished her 14 day quarantine-restrictions ie: no school😊 Thanks kiddo for your Ohana sacrifice!
Good news here for concert-goers and musicians. Only 6 weeks behind former projections that didn't have delta considered, so not too shabby.
I'm going to my first concert on Saturday. Old School Canadian punk band play a small bar a reduced capacity. 75 people.
I've also been going to movies and enjoying the way they spaced out the seats. (and empty seat between groups kind of thing).
I wonder how hard it's going to be to adjust to everything going back wide open.
I also wonder why our government isn't talking about booster. I think the majority of people got Pfizer so people vaccinate earlier are hitting or going past 6 months now. Their halfassed rolling out boosters to care homes, but it seems odd they haven't started to warm up a booster shot program yet.
didnt canada increase the time between doses? with suggestion it was more effective?
Yes, we have good data now that demonstrates improved protection when the first and second doses were spaced out further, between 12-16 weeks
Bummer - mine were only 8 weeks apart.
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FDA OKs mixing COVID vaccines; backs Moderna, J&J boosters
By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD
1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they received initially.
The Food and Drug Administration’s decisions mark a big step toward expanding the U.S. booster campaign, which began with extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine last month. But before more people roll up their sleeves, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will consult an expert panel Thursday before finalizing official recommendations for who should get boosters and when.
The latest moves would expand by tens of millions the number of Americans eligible for boosters and formally allow “mixing and matching” of shots — making it simpler to get another dose, especially for people who had a side effect from one brand but still want the proven protection of vaccination.
Specifically, the FDA authorized a third Moderna shot for seniors and others at high risk from COVID-19 because of their health problems, jobs or living conditions — six months after their last shot. One big change: Moderna’s booster will be half the dose that’s used for the first two shots, based on company data showing that was plenty to rev up immunity again.
For J&J’s single-shot vaccine, the FDA said all U.S. recipients, no matter their age, could get a second dose at least two months following their initial vaccination.
The FDA rulings differ because the vaccines are made differently, with different dosing schedules — and the J&J vaccine has consistently shown a lower level of effectiveness than either of the two-shot Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
As for mixing and matching, the FDA said it's OK to use any brand for the booster regardless of which vaccination people got first. The interchangeability of the shots is expected to speed the booster campaign, particularly in nursing homes and other institutional settings where residents have received different shots over time.
The decision was based on preliminary results from a government study of different booster combinations that showed an extra dose of any type revs up levels of virus-fighting antibodies. That study also showed recipients of the single-dose J&J vaccination had a far bigger response if they got a full-strength Moderna booster or a Pfizer booster rather than a second J&J shot. That study didn't test the half-dose Moderna booster.
Health authorities stress that the priority still is getting first shots to about 65 million eligible Americans who remain unvaccinated. But the booster campaign is meant to shore up protection against the virus amid signs that vaccine effectiveness is waning against mild infections, even though all three brands continue to protect against hospitalization and death.
“The available data suggest waning immunity in some populations who are fully vaccinated,” FDA acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement Wednesday. “The availability of these authorized boosters is important for continued protection against COVID-19 disease.”
The Moderna booster decision essentially matches FDA’s ruling that high-risk groups are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, which is made with the same technology.
FDA recommended that everyone who’d gotten the single-shot J&J vaccine get a booster since it has consistently shown lower protection than its two-shot rivals. And several independent FDA advisers who backed the booster decision suggested J&J’s vaccine should have originally been designed to require two doses.
Experts continue to debate the rationale of the booster campaign. Some warn that the U.S. government hasn’t clearly articulated the goals of boosters given that the shots continue to head off the worst effects of COVID-19, and wonder if the aim is to tamp down on virus spread by curbing, at least temporarily, milder infections.
Those questions are likely to come up Thursday as an influential panel convened by the CDC offers more specifics on who should get boosters and when. Their recommendations are subject to approval by the CDC director.
The vast majority of the nearly 190 million Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have received the Pfizer or Moderna options, while about 15 million have received the J&J vaccine.
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AP Writer Mike Stobbe contributed to this story from New York
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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
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I'm getting my booster next week. Should I expect more or less symptoms from my second regular dose? I had about 12 hours of fatigue, aches and a mild fever.
I didn't end up getting/scheduling my booster. I realized it's not recommended until much longer after my second dose, and my wife only got it for crossing the border issues (we have a mix of AZ and Pfizer, and she was paranoid the US didn't recognize AZ as a first dose, which they now do).
I'm getting my booster next week. Should I expect more or less symptoms from my second regular dose? I had about 12 hours of fatigue, aches and a mild fever.
I haven't had a booster yet. The few people I have talked to who have had a booster said that the booster symptoms were worse than the other two shots they have had. However, I would assume that just like the other shots, there is a variety of outcomes. For example, my sister got really sick from her second shot, and I barely had any symptoms besides a sore arm. So, it is a crapshoot. But just be prepared. Maybe take the day off work, set yourself up with a good movie to watch, etc.
I'm getting my booster next week. Should I expect more or less symptoms from my second regular dose? I had about 12 hours of fatigue, aches and a mild fever.
I got the booster 6 weeks ago. Pfizer. Same side effects as the 2nd shot, tired and a headache. Sore arm too of course.
French pharmaceutical company Valneva has released promising phase 3 trial data on their more traditional inactivated whole virus vaccine. If this does pan out and gets licensed then it would provide an option for those who say that their objection is to novel vaccine formats and not vaccination per se.
French pharmaceutical company Valneva has released promising phase 3 trial data on their more traditional inactivated whole virus vaccine. If this does pan out and gets licensed then it would provide an option for those who say that their objection is to novel vaccine formats and not vaccination per se.
It's against my sincerely held religious beliefs to put anything foreign into my body (other than Budweiser of course). So no thanks. Keep your hippie, devil medicine.
French pharmaceutical company Valneva has released promising phase 3 trial data on their more traditional inactivated whole virus vaccine. If this does pan out and gets licensed then it would provide an option for those who say that their objection is to novel vaccine formats and not vaccination per se.
It's against my sincerely held religious beliefs to put anything foreign into my body (other than Budweiser of course). So no thanks. Keep your hippie, devil medicine.
Hops, barley, yeast and water - what could be closer to nature?
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French pharmaceutical company Valneva has released promising phase 3 trial data on their more traditional inactivated whole virus vaccine. If this does pan out and gets licensed then it would provide an option for those who say that their objection is to novel vaccine formats and not vaccination per se.
It's against my sincerely held religious beliefs to put anything foreign into my body (other than Budweiser of course). So no thanks. Keep your hippie, devil medicine.
Hops, barley, yeast and water - what could be closer to nature?
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another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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and what are your total vax rates now and the rates of delta infections?
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another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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Bummer - mine were only 8 weeks apart.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Wednesday signed off on extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine and said anyone eligible for an extra dose can get a brand different from the one they received initially.
The Food and Drug Administration’s decisions mark a big step toward expanding the U.S. booster campaign, which began with extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine last month. But before more people roll up their sleeves, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will consult an expert panel Thursday before finalizing official recommendations for who should get boosters and when.
The latest moves would expand by tens of millions the number of Americans eligible for boosters and formally allow “mixing and matching” of shots — making it simpler to get another dose, especially for people who had a side effect from one brand but still want the proven protection of vaccination.
Specifically, the FDA authorized a third Moderna shot for seniors and others at high risk from COVID-19 because of their health problems, jobs or living conditions — six months after their last shot. One big change: Moderna’s booster will be half the dose that’s used for the first two shots, based on company data showing that was plenty to rev up immunity again.
For J&J’s single-shot vaccine, the FDA said all U.S. recipients, no matter their age, could get a second dose at least two months following their initial vaccination.
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
FDA OKs mixing COVID vaccines; backs Moderna, J&J boosters
Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths rise
White House details plans to vaccinate 28M children age 5-11
UK encourages booster jabs, resists new virus restrictions
The FDA rulings differ because the vaccines are made differently, with different dosing schedules — and the J&J vaccine has consistently shown a lower level of effectiveness than either of the two-shot Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
As for mixing and matching, the FDA said it's OK to use any brand for the booster regardless of which vaccination people got first. The interchangeability of the shots is expected to speed the booster campaign, particularly in nursing homes and other institutional settings where residents have received different shots over time.
The decision was based on preliminary results from a government study of different booster combinations that showed an extra dose of any type revs up levels of virus-fighting antibodies. That study also showed recipients of the single-dose J&J vaccination had a far bigger response if they got a full-strength Moderna booster or a Pfizer booster rather than a second J&J shot. That study didn't test the half-dose Moderna booster.
Health authorities stress that the priority still is getting first shots to about 65 million eligible Americans who remain unvaccinated. But the booster campaign is meant to shore up protection against the virus amid signs that vaccine effectiveness is waning against mild infections, even though all three brands continue to protect against hospitalization and death.
“The available data suggest waning immunity in some populations who are fully vaccinated,” FDA acting commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement Wednesday. “The availability of these authorized boosters is important for continued protection against COVID-19 disease.”
The Moderna booster decision essentially matches FDA’s ruling that high-risk groups are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, which is made with the same technology.
FDA recommended that everyone who’d gotten the single-shot J&J vaccine get a booster since it has consistently shown lower protection than its two-shot rivals. And several independent FDA advisers who backed the booster decision suggested J&J’s vaccine should have originally been designed to require two doses.
Experts continue to debate the rationale of the booster campaign. Some warn that the U.S. government hasn’t clearly articulated the goals of boosters given that the shots continue to head off the worst effects of COVID-19, and wonder if the aim is to tamp down on virus spread by curbing, at least temporarily, milder infections.
Those questions are likely to come up Thursday as an influential panel convened by the CDC offers more specifics on who should get boosters and when. Their recommendations are subject to approval by the CDC director.
The vast majority of the nearly 190 million Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have received the Pfizer or Moderna options, while about 15 million have received the J&J vaccine.
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AP Writer Mike Stobbe contributed to this story from New York
___
The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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without buy in from the population at large makes it very difficult..
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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I got the booster 6 weeks ago. Pfizer. Same side effects as the 2nd shot, tired and a headache. Sore arm too of course.
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14