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  1. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    According to the FDA site, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is the only vaccine currently approved for young children (ages 5 and up). That's under an emergency use authorization (as opposed to the full regular authorization this vaccine has for people age 16 and up). I suppose one could...
  2. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0328-covid-19-boosters.html "Separately and in addition, based on newly published data, adults who received a primary vaccine and booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at least 4 months ago may now receive a second booster dose...
  3. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    If they wait out in the desert near Area 51, for aliens to kidnap and "probe" them, they may never have to worry about COVID-19 again! Alien #1: "Oh look, another Earthling who knows we plan to mind-control him and has foiled us with his tin-foil hat!" Alien #2: "No problem. We have other...
  4. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    Analogy: There is a bacterial infection called C. diff that is a problem, especially in hospitals, because natural selection + exposure to many antibiiotics has left the surviving bacteria very resistant to multiple antibiotics. Humans who get their childhood shots + flu shots + tetanus shots...
  5. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    Natural selection and "survival of the fittest" in action. Those that get shots of the good vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna) or even the only-75% one improve their COVID-19 fitness and their odds of avoiding death or long-term health issues. Those who refuse shots are gambling that their current...
  6. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    At least you weren't waiting in line at a Virginia university for a used laptop a few years ago. One woman needed to do #1 badly, but didn't want to lose her chance to get a "bargain", so she stayed in line and wet herself! Pity the person waiting in line directly behind her …
  7. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    I did, and there are also records of the vaccinations in my MyChart (online medical information portal) account.
  8. Thomas Newton

    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    My mother and I are now both fully vaccinated (two doses of Pfizer vaccine + more than two weeks since the last dose). Both of us had our first vaccination done at a clinic in the back of the main hospital here. A very smooth, easy process once you managed to get an online appointment –...
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