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Actually6Foot3

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Young people aren't dying as much from this vaccinated or not. But another thing that would also hold them back is 46% percent of the country is still unvaccinated. To roll out boosters now would signify to a lot of folks "this shyt ain't working. We'll be taking boosters forever" it'd basically be a PR disaster for the vaccines and the remaining vaccine hesitant or anti vaccine crowd
 

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95% of covid deaths are aged 50 and older though :mjlol:


look at that chart on the right. If you are vaccinated and under 60, there is virtually zero risk. If you’re under 40 and unvaccinated, you have less risk than elderly vaccinated folks. Assuming your risk goes up tenfold if you are fat, which most of the young dead are
 

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Will be interesting to see how this plays out. A lot of us younger folk are ~6 months removed from getting vaccinated now, isn't data showing the effects are starting to wear off? Let alone factoring in variants?

I had a breakthrough case recently. Know some other vaxxed people who did too. I was ultimately fine, but I was pretty sick and down bad for a few days.

do you believe you would have been better off without the vaccine?
 

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by what metric are you determining the rollout to be a "complete shyt show"?

The politics behind the vaccine. All governors not being on board with this. The FDA not agreeing with Biden on boosters for people under 65. Vaccinated and Unvaccinated beefing shyt show. Biden trying to mandate vaccinations to businesses but not mandating it to people in congress.
 

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Imo, the waning antibody argument has been overstated and isreal has been on their bullshyt promoting it because antibodies always wane after several months for every infection and every vaccine ever. Also it doesn't take into account the maturation of memory B and T cells that will produce antibodies when you get infected 6 months after your first shot.

Having a high level of antibodies does prevent you from having symptomatic disease but the presence of memory B and T cells will protect you from having severe disease and death with the same efficacy.

the UK too is already a "go" on boosters for some.

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  • UK accepts advice from the independent JCVI on who to prioritise for a booster dose
  • Further details on deployment to be set out in due course
Millions of vulnerable people are to be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine from next week as the government confirms it has accepted the final advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

The programme will be rolled out to the same priority groups as previously. This means care home residents, health and social care workers, people aged over 50, those aged 16 to 49 years with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, adult carers, and adult household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals will be prioritised.

However, there will be flexibility in the programme, allowing all those eligible to receive their booster from 6 months after their second doses. This approach will allow more vulnerable people to be given their boosters quicker.
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Most vulnerable to be offered COVID-19 booster vaccines from next week

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also B/T cell activation (part of the secondary immune system) is slow giving lots of time for the production of new mutations and some (a few more) breakthroughs.



finally we do not know how to test a population's mass B/T cell preparedness.
 
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