Wellness

[haddon9]

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@febe1 wrote:

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@hckynut wrote:

PCP sends me info when to get my flu shot. Booster? No thanks, I am comfortable with my protection, and not being a transmitter.

hckynut 💉

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I feel the same way, @hckynut. Israel is on their FOURTH booster.

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I agree with both of you!

[Lipstickdiva]

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@febe1 wrote:

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@hckynut wrote:

PCP sends me info when to get my flu shot. Booster? No thanks, I am comfortable with my protection, and not being a transmitter.

hckynut 💉

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I feel the same way, @hckynut. Israel is on their FOURTH booster.

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@febe1 , can you tell me where you are getting your information?

Here is what I found from an article posted 4 hours ago:

By Thursday morning, 2,690,387 Israelis – nearly 29 per cent of the total population – had received a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine, the only vaccine used in Israel to date. Among those aged 60 and over, that number jumps to some 71 per cent.

That means they are on their FIRST "booster." 

[Biftu]

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@febe1 wrote:

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@Biftu wrote:

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@gertrudecloset wrote:

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@Biftu wrote:

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@hckynut wrote:

PCP sends me info when to get my flu shot. Booster? No thanks, I am comfortable with my protection, and not being a transmitter.

hckynut 💉

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What  makes you so sure you are not a transmitter?   Are you aware of the science that the Covid shot protection may wane after around eight months?  I guess your decision is between you and your physician, but you need to stay informed.

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@Biftu please, let's not hurangue others about their choices on how to deal with this pandemic.  Why bother with this?  You don't know any of us.  This pandemic has all of a sudden given some people permission to tell others what to do.  

Can't have a decent conversation about these matters because someone is always in your face about it what they think.  

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@gertrudecloset  Agreed.  The posters comments should not have made without being knowledgeable.

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Gosh, who says your "knowledge" is the correct knowledge. Who says your information is better than his information. Who says your science is the correct science? Israel is on their fourth shots. Have they got better "science" than you have....

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I say so because I follow the science and stay informed.  It's science.  It's not "my" science.  It's the science of those who have spent their lives studying infectious diseases and thanks to them we have a vaccine to keep the vaccinated safe.  This is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated.  Hopefully more will get the vaccine to get this thing better controlled.  Maybe Israel is right, time will tell.

[Bridgegal]

I've never had a flu shot and am not likely to get one this year.   I live in a state that has a mask mandate for all indoor establishments and from what I can tell, in my city most everyone is complying.   I feel safer than ever re: the flu because of that.  

[Drythe]

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@RedTop wrote:

In my area of southern WV, local physicians have their flu vaccine by September 1st, and urge patients with appts that month to take the shots.   

There no longer seems to be a great concern for taking the shot too early, and not having full protection if peak flu season hits here in WV as late as April or May.   My doctor has been addressing this by giving a second flu shot to his most vulnerable patients.   My teacher daughter has had a 2nd flu shot twice that I am aware of in years where the flu was rampant with a late spring surge.   

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@RedTop 

When I worked in LTC, the MDs almost all got flu shots in October and again in January, and recommended an additional one in Spring for the most fragile patients.

[AuntG]

Just got our shots. Suspect we'll soon be wearing masks in public so I'm not worried about the timing of the shot. If I need a Covid booster, it won't be for several months - I had to wait until I was eligible in my state, and many older and high risk people went first.

[MOMMAVik]

Doctor today said mid October would be time to get Flu shot. Also possible for next Covid vaccine in December. I will be there for both.

[gidgetgh]

I got my flu shot this morning.

I had my Covid booster shot 3 weeks ago tomorrow.  I'm all "shotted up" for quite awhile. 

[Duckncover]

On our local news this afternoon, they said some places (pharmacies) were offering the flu shot and the Covid vaccine at the same visit. I don't think this was the booster, just the initial Covid vaccine for those who have never had one. I am waiting awhile to get my flu shot, probably mid Oct, but still don't know when the Moderna booster is supposed to be available? They said it is possible to have Covid and the flu at the same time. I shudder to think of dealing with them both at the same time.

[Duckncover]

Do you need to get the same booster as the first two shots you received? I had Moderna for the first two vaccines....but it isn't out yet and have not heard any timeline for it.