What would you do for a booster?

[goji]

goji, have you been vaccinated against Covid? If so, was it to protect yourself

I was vaccinated at the first possible opportunity and took a booster as soon as possible. I recommend everyone else does so too.
What I don't agree with is continuing restrictions where people have had the chance of a vaccine already.

[vnman]

I was vaccinated at the first possible opportunity and took a booster as soon as possible. I recommend everyone else does so too.
What I don't agree with is continuing restrictions where people have had the chance of a vaccine already.

Too many people are suffering because of those who refuse to get vaccinated. The same people who start crying and say how sorry they are that they didn't get vaccinated when they ended up in the hospital.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2...is-nothing-new

[StevieWonders]

One thing they're not is a "vaccine" in the sense that rubella, mumps or smallpox vaccines are vaccines. What they are is "risk minimisers" - they reduce the risk of catching COVID, and/or minimise the risk of serious illness, hospitalisation or even death. For all the nut jobs who spray the Internet with their opinions it seems this distinction is too difficult to grasp. The other thing many people either can't bear or have never understood is that they are all still approved only for "emergency" use - we're all in a worldwide Phase 3 drug trial

That said I'm happy to be double vaccinated already (Astrazeneca - British is best!) and I'm looking forward to my Pfizer or other mRNA booster in the new year

[cdnmatt]

One thing they're not is a "vaccine" in the sense that rubella, mumps or smallpox vaccines are vaccines. What they are is "risk minimisers" - they reduce the risk of catching COVID, and/or minimise the risk of serious illness, hospitalisation or even death.

True enough. We've being trying to find a vaccine / cure for influenza for 2600 years. Haven't found one yet, even with these new vaccines.

that they are all still approved only for "emergency" use - we're all in a worldwide Phase 3 drug trial

Not true. The FDA in the US granted full use months ago.

That said I'

[StevieWonders]

The FDA in the US granted full use months ago.

Can you provide the official source for this full authorisation? AFAIK only Pfizer is fully authorised in the US so most of us are still in a Phase 3 trial

[cdnmatt]

Can you provide the official source for this full authorisation? AFAIK only Pfizer is fully authorised in the US so most of us are still in a Phase 3 trial

Yes, I said FDA in the US.

[goji]

Fake news is surely off topic ?

[Jellybean]

Fake news is surely off topic ?

Some off topic posts have been moved within the Everything Else forum and given the new title, Do these reports have any scientific basis or are they fake news?

To contribute to the new topic, please click on the following link:
https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showt...they-fake-news

[christianpfc]

Over 5 million people have died from Covid, and you don't believe it is a threat?

Tragic for the individual, but insignificant in the grand scheme.

[Nirish guy]

Tragic for the individual, but insignificant in the grand scheme.

So, leaving aside the coldness of your "insignificant" view, where then IS your number I wonder ont the "grand scheme of things" when taking possible "exponential growth" into the equation ? 10 Million, 20 Million? Do you actually even have a number or do you feel it's irrelevant how people die just as long as it doesn't effect you too much perhaps ?