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Yeh, my dad has been postponed again. This time he already has received his rescheduled appointment time, which is this coming Wednesday. This is for the 2nd dose, so maybe they're prioritizing getting the 2nd does to people within a certain timeframe?
I thought I had heard (in San Diego) that the 50-65 age group was going to be starting up within the next few weeks as well; like the county/state or whatever is pushing "Tier 1 B teachers/PD/essential workers" Feb. 27 and 50-65 mid-March.
They changed it 50-64 are no longer listed in the 1C catagorythey only list general population over 16 in phase 2.50-64 is **gone** from the listYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
You're right. It seems 50-64 has been pushed into phase 2 since that's the only category that fits now, which is everyone else.
I know exactly how you feel. I'm 63, soon to be 64 and feel like I've been pushed to the end of the line. My wife is already 64 and feels like she'll have to wait until she turns 65 in September. Happy to let higher priority people go first, but a lot less happy about being lumped in with the general population.
I wanted to get vaccinated now before the J&J vaccine hit. I will echo that everyone should get any vaccine they can whenever they can, but I wanted a 2 dose vaccine because of the variants. That second dose really boosts immune response which compensates for the lower response to the SA variant.
Btw, J&J is testing out a two shot regimen. Overall, Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J vaccines are all good. No one should worry about which shot to get. Also, boosters will be released later.
My dad got his 2nd shot today.
I gotta admit. My dad getting his 2nd shot post getting 7 likes is pretty heart warming.Thanks, homies!
Yes, J&J has only completed it's one dose arm. The two dose trial is ongoing. The data for the one dose vaccines matches the data from one dose of the two dose vaccines. So it's to be expected that 2 doses of J&J will match 2 doses of the BioNTech and Moderna vaccines. These vaccines all do the same thing, they introduce the spike protein so that your body can have a immune response. They just take different routes to get there. They all get to the same place in the end. So their efficacy should all be about the same.The issue is that the J&J vaccine, as it's given now, is in one dose. Not two doses. So it's not the brand of vaccine that I was concerned about, it's the number of doses. Here's why."Moderna published a correspondence in NEJM on Wednesday with similar data previously disclosed elsewhere that showed a sixfold drop antibody levels versus the South African variant."You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login"He[Fauci] pointed out that a second dose boosts by 10-fold the number of neutralizing antibodies made in response to the vaccine."You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginSo the SA variant elicits 6x less response than the prototype. That second dose allows your immune system to have 10x more response. That second dose compensates for the lower response for the SA variant. The response with that second dose for the SA variant is as good as the response for the common variant with one dose. So given the opportunity, I want that second dose. Again, if I didn't have that opportunity I would gladly take a one dose vaccine. One dose is better than no doses. I would just plan on getting a second dose later. But I had the opportunity to get 2 doses instead of 1. I took it.
True, but I still recommend to anyone to not really worry about which vaccine to get. Also, J&J did test their vaccine against the SA variant more so during testing, than the other 2 did until after vaccine approval. So, J&J vaccine is more ‘battle tested’ against the SA variant. Regardless, the main thing is that all 3 prevented death during testing. That is very important. No matter which variant it was.And I would have done the same if presented with that same scenario; any vaccine is better than none like you said.
I read an article this am somewhere on my phone that said the J&J has a high rate of efficacy after 6-8 weeks: like, after the 4 week efficacy it's in the 65% or whatever while the other two are 90-95%, but after the 6-8 weeks J&J is at that same 90-95%