Early study results: Booster may be 100x better against Omicron than just two shots:

[tblue37]

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People who had received a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine showed a level of neutralization against the Omicron variant about 100 times higher than those who had received two shots, a new Israeli study found

[ColinC]

1. Haven't been as eager to get my booster as I should be

But the wife finally got me to schedule mine for tonight. Glad to get protected but not looking forward to the side effects...

[dragonlady]

2. It may not be as bad as you think

I got the booster of Pfizer and had no side effects at all.

[ColinC]

5. Fingers crossed! That's the one I'm supposed to get

Definitely glad to be getting it out of the way, finally...

[ProfessorGAC]

6. My Wife Matched Dragonlady

No harsh response at all to the booster. Her arm hurt for a few hours, the next day.
I got the Moderna booster. Felt flushed & sore in the upper back for a few hours.

[JanMichael]

16. My 3rd shot of Pfizer hit harder than the first two combined.

But still worth it. 3 days of crap that simply stopped.

[maxsolomon]

4. My arm hurt for 2 days.

You'll be fine.

[RobinA]

8. I Had The Same

sore arm I had the first two times. Went away in 24 hours.

[Dorian Gray]

11. I felt the same way and had none

(Moderna) And I felt pretty crappy after second dose.

Good luck. You're doing what is best for your health. Drink a ton of water, and when you think you drank too much, drink more. And sleep!

[ColinC]

13. Yeah the second dose was the worst for me too but pfizer

Woke up thought I was doing well but it was a little cold so I look at the thermostat to see that it was close to 90 in the house. Soon following was a cocaphany of aches and nausea and sleep for the remainder of the day lol. I will report back tomorrow to let you guys know how it went

[Dorian Gray]

15. Really hoping

it's better for you. Good luck!

[ColinC]

19. Thanks! It knocked me on my butt like the others lol

Layed in bed and finished the haunting of hill house. Not a bad show...

[Dorian Gray]

21. Aw

Sorry! But at least you got a good show in. (I'm taking recommendations bc I think we're going to have some long days at home coming up!)

Best of health to you during the holidays.

[LisaL]

23. Mine were worst after the booster (Moderna for all three).

But the effects lasted for two days only. Except the "Moderna" arm, that lasted for about a week.

[Dorian Gray]

24. Oh no, sorry Lisa

I had that with dose 2 of moderna, but booster I was good to go.

But that's true with all my friends too. Reactions were all over the place.

[Spider Jerusalem]

17. Worst that'll likely happen is you'll spend 3 or 4 days...

feeling like someone punched you really hard in the upper arm with brass knuckles, and having mild chills/fever. Definitely preferable to ending up on a ventilator, ECMO, or dead (which is the worst-case for covid).

[Demsrule86]

22. I got my booster...doc said take phizer as mixing the vaccines provides greater protection.

I had Moderna for the vaccine... and hubs who had not gotten his booster yet came down with Covid and I did not get it despite being in the same house. By the time we knew he had it, I was exposed so I didn't wear a mask or sleep in a different room.

[maxsolomon]

3. Good news, but the news is all over the map now.

No clue what to expect from Omicron but a spike in cases.

I'm boosted, but I fully expect to get Omicron or some variant at some point, regardless. The struggle against ignorance feels futile the further we're into the Pandemic and closer we are to Covid becoming Endemic.

Wearing a mask all day at work in a fully-vaccinated, sparsely-populated office when flibberdigibbets all over America have thrown Covid discipline in the trash months ago is a tad wearying.

[Raven123]

7. 100x higher does not necessarily equal 100x better in efficacy

[PTWB]

9. Everyone should have already had their booster shots.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. I'm glad. NT

[berni_mccoy]

12. That implies two shots are pretty fucking ineffective against Omicron

Get a booster folks.

[tblue37]

18. Probably because by the time you get a booster the effectiveness of the first 2 shots

has significantly decreased.

[48656c6c6f20]

14. So I heard on CNN today that 2 Pfizer is about 30%

So how does thus quantify into a percentage of protection? Sometimes I think numbers get thrown around with very little context or meaning. Whoohoo it's 100 x better..

[FakeNoose]

20. I'm a life-long procrastinator, so it shouldn't surprise anyone

... that I haven't gotten my booster shot yet. But I will do it, and very soon. Perhaps during xmas holidays if the lines are down and it becomes easier to get an early appointment.

Thanks for the gentle nudge in the right direction!

[W_HAMILTON]

26. I'd say go ahead and get it done even quicker than that.

I'm damn near a hermit nowadays and almost assuredly an even bigger procrastinator than you -- I literally had scheduled my booster a few times over the past couple of weeks, then woke up and decided I just didn't even want to leave the house, so I kept canceling and rescheduling -- and even I got my lazy ass out of the house finally to get my booster earlier this week. It was a big sigh of relief, knowing that, once again, I've done just about all I can do to protect myself and others against COVID. It's very easy to get appointments at most locations now, so, just go ahead and get it done!

[StevieM]

25. I'm a little worried that I got Pfizer the first time and only half a dose of Moderna for my booster

They told me that I would be good with a half dose of Moderna, even if I didn't get it for my first vaccination. I hope that still holds true with regards to immunity from Omicron.