Israel on Sunday approved the third coronavirus vaccine booster shot for all 12 and up

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Ammo wrote:
Here is a counterpoint if you have subscription to NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/brief...shots.html

That was very informative. Thanks for posting.

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Ammo wrote:
Here is a counterpoint if you have subscription to NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/brief...shots.html

Addresses only "waning immunity" as a concept and hand-waves the notion that it might help with the immune-response to new variants.

I want a booster in the hope that it will provide me with a greater immune response to the original virus and Delta and to other variants.

I don't expect it to magically make me 100% immune to all coronaviruses.

Also, the info from Israel cited in that story is already outdated:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20...e-updates/

Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are highly effective against both coronavirus infection and severe covid-19, Israeli scientists reported in a new paper that supports the idea of administering a third dose as protection against the virus wanes...Researchers at a variety of Israeli institutions looked at data from the nation’s Health Ministry for 1.1 million people 60 or older this month...