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gab13by13

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3. How long are the flu shots good for?

Reply to The Blue Flower (Original post)

Mon Mar 8, 2021, 08:54 AM

Mar 2021

I look for these Covid vaccines to be given every year just like the flu shots are, at least for the foreseeable future. Look at all the mutations, you just know that Big Pharma is working on booster shots.

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Do we know yet how long the covid vax is good for? [View all] The Blue Flower Mar 2021 OP

i don't think we know rampartc Mar 2021 #1

Great question, I never considered that it won't last forever like our childhood shots. Perhaps a SheilaAnn Mar 2021 #2

How long are the flu shots good for? gab13by13 Mar 2021 #3

Flu shots are different. Ms. Toad Mar 2021 #9

I don't think it's lifetime like smallpox immunity. no_hypocrisy Mar 2021 #4

Best guess is this will need an annual booster Arazi Mar 2021 #5

They are uncertain RazzleCat Mar 2021 #6

I read they are considering combining it with the flu vaccine for one annual shot But mucifer Mar 2021 #7

Partially depends on how the virus mutates. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2021 #8