Checking my Countyās info today, my County is reporting 74.5% have received at least one dose and 61.3% are fully vaccinated. This is for all residents ages 12 and older. Not too bad.
My County has a population of about 2 million.
This weekend I went and visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium. First outing around lots of people in over a year. Everyone wore masks and the Aquarium was working on reduced capacity, but there were still lots of people around. Enough that social distancing of 6ā or more was not possible near many of the exhibits and out on the street.
I felt fairly safe though as Iām fully vaccinated with Pfizer and had my mask (except when eating).
I know this isn't a Coronavirus news thread anymore, but I have some good non-controversial news to share.
Apparently, 6 months after someone is fully vaccinated with Moderna or Pfizer, their antibodies are through the roof.
So a booster shot 9 or 12 months later may not be necessary, according to Dr. Vin Gupta, a real doctor on TV that seems to know what he is talking about.
This makes me happy, because if we don't need a booster shot maybe even ever, life will be more convenient.
Edit:
I removed the links but you can find the information easily on Redditās r/COVID19 subreddit (the one for strictly scientific discussion, beware that the other coronavirus subreddits can be rather toxic if you donāt fully agree with their majority position).
You need to search both the company name as well as the āscientificā name. Modernaās vaccine āscientificā name is mRNA-1273 while Biontech/Pfizerās is BNT162b2. Astrazenecaās is ChAdOx1, Sputnik V is Gam-COVID-Vac. J&J vaccine is also referred as Janssen.
Letās hope the virus dies soon like this thread.
Just read that people with mild covid infections have long term protection found in bone marrow tests.
Anyone else with a sore throat after vaccinating with Comirnaty or anything similar?
Thought it could be coincidence, but after my 2. shot last week I again have it. Now the chance that itās independent is really low I presume. OTOH, the sore throat is not documented as far as my google searches went. Weird.
sounds good, but, 4 months is not what I call long term:
āMild Case of COVID-19 Induces Antibodies With Lasting Protection. Participants with a prior case of disease showed cells in their bone marrow up to 4 months after their initial infectionā
I know someome that had covid in March 2020, and got tested for antibodies in April the had protective Antibodies, also in May, but by June the antibody test was negativeā¦
iow, no more protectionā¦
that is why I think I should get a booster, since it has been 3 months since my vaccine.
other info, from a Stanford Biologist, is that it is believed that vaccines are good for 6 months.
This is important to me because I want to travel to meet my grandchildren next month, and Im unsure if Im protected by a vaccine I got in March 2021.
If I remember from the article, antibody tests didnāt pick up what the bone marrow test did so hopefully there is long range protection, barring mutations that get traction.
