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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1365 on: September 18, 2021, 12:45:03 AM »
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It seems to me, logically, that lots of flu cases went undiagnosed in the last year+ because people would go get a COVID test, wait for the results, and if it was negative they just rode out whatever illness they had rather than go get a flu swab.  So the flu wasn't being diagnosed unless people took the extra step of going in again for that test.

More likely, they had COVID and rode it out, so their COVID was not counted.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1366 on: September 20, 2021, 04:43:46 AM »
Pfizer reports their vaccine is safe with children 5-11.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1367 on: September 20, 2021, 09:15:01 AM »
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Pfizer reports their vaccine is safe with children 5-11.

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My 7 year old has _never_ been this excited to get a shot! :P
(I was the same way, as I presume millions of others were)

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1368 on: September 21, 2021, 11:13:01 AM »
As expected, J&J says a "booster" on top of the one and done shot will raise efficacy to the same level as the MRNA vaccines.  As I've said all along, I don't make a distinction between the various vaccines.  They may take different routes to get there, but they all do the same thing.  The difference is 1 or 2 doses. At 1 dose, they pretty much all do the same.  At 2 doses, they pretty much all do the same.  They did confirm that waiting longer after the prime is better.  Getting a second shot 6 months after the first is better than getting it after 2 months.  Understandably, we were in a rush to get the second shot this year.  But long term, it's better to space them out by 6 months.

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The bewildering thing is what happened to the long promised and long delayed results from the 2 dose trial of the J&J vaccine.  That started months before the study on a "booster".  Yet the "booster" results are out with not a peep from the 2 dose trial.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1369 on: September 22, 2021, 12:57:57 AM »
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My 7 year old has _never_ been this excited to get a shot! :P
(I was the same way, as I presume millions of others were)

Unlike you and your 7-year-old, I was a big baby with shots!!!

Contrast to today, I was as excited as your 7-year-old when I got my two doses earlier this year!
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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1370 on: September 22, 2021, 04:41:32 PM »
It’s official, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Pfizer booster shots for those 65 and up as well as for those with health issues.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1371 on: September 22, 2021, 08:02:00 PM »
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It’s official, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Pfizer booster shots for those 65 and up as well as for those with health issues.

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It's also for those at a high risk of exposure.  Isn't that pretty much everyone in a high transmission area?  Which is pretty much the entire United States.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1372 on: September 23, 2021, 09:13:38 AM »
When will CDC provide guidance on administering the booster shots?


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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1373 on: September 23, 2021, 10:11:09 AM »
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When will CDC provide guidance on administering the booster shots?


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They are meeting right now.  So as soon as today.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1374 on: September 23, 2021, 10:11:51 AM »
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They are meeting right now.  So as soon as today.



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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1375 on: September 23, 2021, 03:14:51 PM »
The CDC advisory panel has voted.  They pretty much matched the recommendation of the FDA advisory panel.  They rejected the add-on that the FDA introduced afterwards to include people at high risk of getting infected like nursing home staff and frontline healthcare workers.  As with the FDA, it's up to the CDC to decide whether to follow that advice or tweak it as they see fit.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1376 on: September 23, 2021, 04:37:13 PM »
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As with the FDA, it's up to the CDC to decide whether to follow that advice or tweak it as they see fit.
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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1377 on: September 23, 2021, 04:41:17 PM »
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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1378 on: September 23, 2021, 10:39:23 PM »
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has authorized Pfizer boosters to those 65 and up, as well as to those with health issues.  However, in a rare move, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky partially overruled her panel, saying the boosters should also go to people age 18-64 at risk because of their jobs.

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Re: Reports & check ins in the age of Covid
« Reply #1379 on: September 24, 2021, 11:46:25 AM »
As the FDA did with their advisory committee, the CDC did with theirs.  The CDC tweaked it by adding in those at high risk of getting infected say due to their job.  Unlike the FDA committee that didn't specifically vote that down, the CDC panel did.  None of which was that necessary since the policy that people with underlying medical conditions qualify pretty much covers everyone.  Since the policy is that each person assess their own risk and then decide for themselves whether to get a booster or not.  If someone chooses to get a booster then they qualify via self attestation.  If you say you are eligible, then you are eligible.