Helen Branswell
New data from the CDC shows the new bivalent #Covid boosters offer substantial benefit. Yet only 14% of eligible people in the U.S. have received one. https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/16/covid-boosters-effective/
Studies indicate updated Covid boosters effective at reducing need for medical care

New data indicates that the updated two-strain Covid booster shots provide substantial protection against illness and hospitalization.

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Dec 16, 2022 at 7:06pmWeb
Show threadDr Kathleen MillenDec 16, 2022
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I am waiting 90 days-ish to get a bivalent booster because I had COVID in Sept. Probably at least some people are like me.... waiting, yet eager!
Show threadJusDayDaDec 16, 2022
@HelenBranswell from the excellent @JasonSalemi
Show threadJarvis SlacksDec 16, 2022
@HelenBranswell I've got mine!
Show threadAn Accidental PastorDec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell Had mine in October.
Show threadMatt FranzDec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell My wife and I both got this booster and came out clean despite 2 of our teenagers getting it and significant exposure. 💉​👏​
Show threadSamDec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell Do we file this under: Can’t Cure Stupid? It is appalling that half a million people died needlessly in the US, only one jab away from continued life, but preferred horse dewormer, cult membership, and death.
Show threadamyseekstruthDec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell getting mine next week
Show threadIts Not A Hoax 🤞Dec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell Not 4 nothin but I went by my local Walgreens recently to get a Covid booster. Was told they were all out of doses! How TF does that happen??
Show threadMartinDec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell got my booster last week.
Show threadMelodyDec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell I got mine (and the flu vaccine) yesterday. No reaction, which is nice. Our hospital here on the Olympic Peninsula is at capacity.
Show threadRadicalWoman111Dec 17, 2022

@HelenBranswell
It's insane that so many people haven't gotten the bivalent booster, especially before the holidays. I got the flu shot with it and didn't have any side effects, and I always get knocked down for 3 days from the flu shot.

I told my sister to get the damned booster, because it's even wimp proof.

Show threadpunditpendingDec 17, 2022
@HelenBranswell
I really think the side effect profile of the mRNA vaccines is a problem. It’s conceptually difficult to justify spending 2 days feeling sick so that—when you get COVID—you might feel less sick.
We should really be empowering anybody who wants it to get Novavax for that reason.