Eric TopolJan 3, 2024

Beyond avoiding Covid infections altogether, the next best way to prevent Long Covid is through vaccinations, reduced ~70% by recent reports and a meta-analysis of 24 studies (Figure)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/vaccination-dramatically-lowers-long-covid-risk/

Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long COVID Risk

Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides strong protection against lingering symptoms

Scientific American
Show threadMureniusJan 4, 2024
@erictopol I'd really love to know how this scales for additional shots, but I guess there's simply not enough data base. I've got 7 shots, once they started giving them to children, my little ones' pediatrician always offered to give me a shot as well since the vial was opened anyway. Guess it was a good idea to take it. 🙂
Show threadGraydonJan 4, 2024
@Murenius @erictopol It's not that it scales it's that the protective effectiveness wanes so you need (especially if you are older) to have been vaccinated in the last six months, tops, to get the protective effect.
Show threadMurenius
@graydon @erictopol Is there any solid evidence for this? (Referring to the six months and the not scaling part)
Jan 4, 2024 at 6:47pmWeb
Show threadGraydonJan 4, 2024

@Murenius There is; it's been coming out as recent studies. Haven't got one to hand.

Creating long-term immunity to a coronavirus is not so much difficult as not demonstrated and it's not surprising that we're not seeing it now.