Data Plainly Shows Benefits Of Covid Vaccine Booster In Reducing Case Rates - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

[Rhiannon12866]

Dr. David Kessler, chief science officer for the Biden admnistration's Covid response, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether evidence showing the value of a Covid vaccine booster in reducing case rates in nursing homes can be applied to the general population, and what is known so far about the Omicron variant. Aired on 12/15/2021.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. OMFG!

I am not in a nursing home, although I'm easily in that age range at 73. I did get a booster shot last Friday, the 10th. It was Pfizer. My first shot was Johnson & Johnson. I am also someone who is remarkably healthy, never gets sick, never gets what is going around. So, especially with the vaccine and then the booster, I feel wonderfully protected. Oh, and I'll be getting the next booster when warranted.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I got my booster (Moderna) last week and this made me feel much better, too.

I'm not candidate for a nursing home, either, but cases have gone way up in my county and as of yesterday New York has reinstated the mask mandate. I wish they'd never rescinded it, but it was "tourist season" in these parts..."

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I live in Santa Fe, NM.

Mask wearing is almost universal here. For which I am very grateful. I live alone, and I don't go out very much, although I don't have food delivered to my home. Mainly because I prefer to select the meat and the veggies that I want. Personal choice here.

I'm long since retired, so I don't have to deal with going in to a work place.

I was recently in the DC area, dealing with a family health crisis, and I was gratified to see nearly universal mask wearing there.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I don't go out unless I have to, usually do shopping and errands in one trip - which was today

And since I'm in Northeastern New York, it's winter. But it was unseasonably mild today. And we had a mask mandate for over a year to enter any store or business. People were used to it. But then they rescinded it back in July just in time for "tourist season." I'm just south of Lake George Village and driving north, I saw license plates from states as far away as Florida, Alabama and Utah! Last year everything remained closed, I guess they couldn't afford to do it for a second year. *sigh*

I've been out twice since the mask mandate was back in place. Late Monday, I stopped at a small grocery in Lake George to pick up a couple of things and the only other patron in the store was a woman who I saw go through the checkout ahead of me, a woman with no mask even though there are clear signs on every entrance. And the thing is, who is supposed to enforce this, the young girl at the checkout? It's very frustrating - again.

[SheltieLover]

4. K&R!

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Good news - for once!

[SheltieLover]

7. Ikr?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Boosters work

I am part of a study where I get my antibody tested. On Sept 2, my antibody level was 79.5 on a 2500 scale. I got a booster and on Nov. 27 my antibody level was in excess of 2500.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Wow! Thanks so much for sharing!

I got my booster a week ago today - Moderna - and though I felt pretty rotten that night and the next day (same symptoms as after shot #2), I'm so grateful to have gotten it. Now I'm working on my brother. *sigh*

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Someone posted their antibody test on twitter

Boosters work. I went from 79.4 to over 2500 due to the booster

Link to tweet