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Augie Ray Apr 22, 2023

#COVID19 is NOT just the flu! Not only can you get COVID multiple times a year (compared to once a decade with flu) data from Winter 2022-23 shows the fatality rate is 61% 🔼 with COVID. More data:

- Under 65, COVID & flu death risk are the same. Over 65, COVID death rate is 78% 🔼.

- Death rate goes down with vaccinations: 132% 🔼 for unvaccinated, 66% 🔼 for 1/2 doses, and 38% 🔼 than flu for the boosted.

- COVID reinfection deaths are 34% 🔼 than flu reinfection deaths.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2803749

Risk of Death in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 vs Seasonal Influenza in 2022-2023

This study uses data from the US Department of Veterans Affairs to assess whether SARS-CoV-2 remains associated with higher risk of death compared with seasonal influenza in fall-winter 2022-2023.

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WndlB Apr 22, 2023

@augieray We (>65) are headed out to get our newly authorized bivalent booster at noon today. And that is at least 4 months before the newly-formulated booster shows up in Sept-Oct.

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FunGuy2PlayWith

@wndlb @augieray The interesting one to look out for isn't as much the variant version as the new "NextGen" vaccine itself (BioNTech BNT162b5 (current is b2)) in Phase 2 clinical trials right now. Sadly, I didn't get on that one. ☹️ https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05472038

A Study to Learn About New COVID-19 RNA Vaccine Candidates as a Booster Dose in COVID-19 Vaccine-Experienced Healthy Individuals - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov

A Study to Learn About New COVID-19 RNA Vaccine Candidates as a Booster Dose in COVID-19 Vaccine-Experienced Healthy Individuals - Full Text View.