Eric TopolA quick update on the bivalent boosters from today's new data https://erictopol.substack.com/p/a-quick-update-on-the-bivalent-boosters
Runemeisterin IncognitoThat's really good news. Thanks for sharing.
danger_kittens@erictopol this is excellent newsđź‘Ť
Menyoung@erictopol thank you
Spencer W Hunter@erictopol
Same great report from Jetelina! GMTA!
https://open.substack.com/pub/yourlocalepidemiologist/p/fall-bivalent-boosters-science-update-0a9?r=g6sc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Same great report from Jetelina! GMTA!
https://open.substack.com/pub/yourlocalepidemiologist/p/fall-bivalent-boosters-science-update-0a9?r=g6sc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Fall bivalent boosters: Science update round 4
We got an early holiday present. One of the last puzzle pieces about the fall booster was released today: data on the effectiveness against severe disease. I also interviewed the CDC Program Lead for more context. Science until now We have ~9 lab studies and 1 real world study showing the fall boosters provide:
Sarah Christopherson@erictopol we got the bivalent booster in late September—w/in days of it becoming available—and got our first COVID infection last week, probably while sitting at urgent care for something else. We were vulnerable after two straight months of back-to-book school-acquired viral infections. But damn it’s demoralizing. Now I’m feeling despair about our ability to avoid re-infection in the future because I don’t know what we could have done differently this time.
Rachel Metz@erictopol thank you for sharing this! Getting my 2yo her bivalent booster next week (and probably a cupcake, lol)!
Mathew Samuel@erictopol
All for updated boosters, but I'm not sure it's more effective than a monovalent booster. All the comparisons are with boosters given months ago.
I think the important thing is time from your last booster dose. Circulating antibodies, not your memory T-cells.