Like most people in the world I have been anxiously awaiting my turn for a covid shot. It doesn't look like we will get shots here for a while as they have made no plans for administering the vaccine which they don't have.
Like most people (well maybe not most people) (well maybe just me) I thought that if you got the shot you were home free and would be immune from covid for maybe a year or longer. Not quite so fast Red.
I was listening to a radio interview of the woman who is the Canadian rep for one of the drug companies. She said the vaccine is good for and guaranteed for three months. They have no idea how much immunity will be left after a year! That just astounds me. Is there going to be any value for such a short lived period of immunity.? By the time I'm vaccinated a large part of the population will need to be vaccinated again.
Many people think they have won the lottery once they are vaccinated. Not so fast. You haven't got what you think you have.
Have we been sold a bill of.... Have we been hiding so much that we have missed information. I will definitely get my shot but it's going to be a little disappointing.
It is all a guessing game ...who really knows for sure...I heard people will need booster shots...and now with the new varients...who knows:(
ReplyDeleteYou're right. there are many unknowns and that's why the pandemic is so difficult.
DeleteEven if you had a vaccine that is effective for more than 3 months you still have to take precautions. The majority of the world is not yet vaccinated and there are still many unanswered questions about what to expect after vaccination.
ReplyDeleteAll of us are going to have to work to defeat this virus.
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ReplyDeleteI think it is still best to get the vaccine, I thought the double dose is more effective. The new versions of the virus can mess up the vaccines, not sure if they work. Take care and stay safe! Happy weekend!
Absolutely get the shot. I was just surprised and disappointed that it's only a partial fix.
DeleteRed, a lot depends on the vaccine and she was probably saying that they have no information for more than three months of the trial. We'll only really know how effective it is as time goes on.
ReplyDeleteYes, the whole thing is still in a process of developing .
DeleteBut they don't know. It may be fine for a longer period. Or maybe it will become like the flu shot with an annual booster required. What we do know is that it is better to have it than not.
ReplyDeleteThis woman did say that they don't know The vaccine may last longer in some people.
DeleteWow, I am surprised that a vaccine may only provide immunity for three months. I'm going to have to do some online sleuthing to find out more. I was hoping for a much longer time, like the rest of my life. Hope you get your vaccine soon.
ReplyDeleteI think there's a lot they just don't know.
DeleteA lot of it is uncertain at this time because there has not been enough time to do thorough research. I will get the vaccine because there is a chance immunity will last longer.
ReplyDeleteI get the annual flu shot so it may turn out we will need an annual shot for COVID but we have to wait and watch research results. Science will tell...
You make a good comparison to the annual flu shot. We just many need yearly boosters.
DeleteWhile this is obviously a concern, I wouldn’t want to be too disconcerted yet. Like so many other aspects of the pandemic, we just don’t know how things are going to turn out. My plan is to get the shot(s) as soon as possible. At that point, at least I will have done all I can do to be safe and we will just have to wait and see how long the immunity lasts. If the spread continues to decline things will open up and we will find out soon enough if the virus returns or not.
ReplyDeleteI will also get the shot at the first opportunity. The scary part is that we ae now seeing different forms of the virus.
DeleteAre we surprised that there are no guarantees in life? Some protection is better than no protection at all. Presumably, we'll have to get the Covid shot every fall, along with the regular flu shot, to help get us through the winter months.
ReplyDeleteThat's probably what's going to happen. There's just too much that isn't known at this time.
DeleteWell, I mean the flu shot is only good for a season which I gave annually cause the one year I didn't was so bad I lost days. I will ferl.more confident when I have my second and go out perhaps to a pedicure or a patio for a tea masking all the time. But yea, the more people who get it the better off we will all be and I'm counting the days to shot two.
ReplyDeleteThere's much work to do to bring this beast under control.
DeleteGood point, Red. We hear so many different stories about how good the vaccine will or will not be, I'm just going to wait and see. We haven't even got the vaccine available here right now. We've heard different stories about that too. The latest is we will all be vaccinated by September. Guess eventually we'll find out.
ReplyDeleteWe have the same timeline for our shots but I think it will be much later. It's a gigantic project to give the whole population shots.
DeleteThere is so much the professionals don't know about covid since it is a new virus. It is amazing they have managed to come up with any kind of vaccine this quickly. The way I see it some kind of vaccine is better than no vaccine at all. We need to get at least a little overall herd immunity and this is currently our best opportunity to get anything close to it. They have said it may be like the flu shot and we could need one every year or maybe even need booster shots. There are just so many unknowns.
ReplyDeletePersonally when I ever get a chance at getting a vaccine I will take it. However, right now in Missouri we seem to have a shortage. Tom and I are over 65 but the way it looks it could still be months before we get our first shot.
I will also et the shot as soon as possible. I'm in the over 80 category but I don't think I'll be getting anything until Nov.- Dec.
DeleteI haven't heard the three month limit. I think they just don't know for sure.
ReplyDeleteYou're right they don't know. They will be testing this out on us!
DeleteThere are still a lot of questions to be answered.
ReplyDeleteYes, some very difficult questions.
DeleteI am still waiting to get on a waiting list for my first shot. But I think they are being cautious about how long they will last because nobody knows for sure. Especially not our health care providers, it seems. We are going to have to be vigilant for quite a long time to come, in any event.
ReplyDeleteWE are told we should get a shot by Sept and as you now I'm over 80.
DeleteA lot disappointing. They are already talking about boosters because of the variants. This virus is here to stay I fear.
ReplyDeleteThe variants ae alarming...more stuff that isn't understood.
DeleteBeen seeing the same information, and then there are these other variants you wonder about. We have put our names on a list but I doubt we will be getting it any time soon.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very difficult and challenging virus.
ReplyDeleteThe variants have some more nasty characteristics like spread faster. I don't think we'll see shots until Sept.
ReplyDeleteI think the idea is you get one shot, which provides limited immunity, and then you get a second shot which provides longer-lasting, more effective protection. I don't know all the specifics, though.
ReplyDeleteTerrible. I did not know that immunity is guaranteed for only 3 months.
ReplyDeleteI understand your alarm and concern but not the “Horror of Horrors” title that accompanies it. You must lead a very sheltered life if that is the most terrible thing that might ever happen to you. Not trying to be mean or minimize your feelings but come on. You draws your breath and you takes your chances. Life is not a piece of cake. And if it is, you are indeed fortunate. Blessed, even.
ReplyDeleteI will now drink my morning coffee and leave the grumpiness behind.
I believe the three month guarantee is for legal protection. The rate at which this vaccine is being produced, the number of doses dispensed, if the vaccine is not as effective as it is thought to be, the flurry of lawsuits could destroy the company. We live in a very litigious world.
ReplyDeleteI think it's too early to tell. People just started getting vaccinated, so there's really no way of knowing for sure how long the immunity will last. We just don't have enough history, data.
ReplyDeleteI guess it'll end up like the flu vaccine. It gets regularly tweaked and we get it every year (well, we do here). It's going to take a while to get out of this - we're going to have to take it a day (or a jab) at a time.
ReplyDeleteLots of questions but it’s better than nothing. We will be waiting a while for ours, too. Only administered at the local hospital, 30,000 people signed up in the first HOUR the line was open, and they are getting 975 shots a week to give out.
ReplyDeleteMy wife is a physician and has seen a number of her patients already infected for the second time and generally they think natural immunity is better than a vaccine immunity. Saying that, the only data I have seen is of the moderna vaccine which shows a significant drop in antibodies after three months especially in the older age groups. (50% to 75%) Despite the significant antibody drop, it doesn't mean it won't help significantly. Just by having 25 to 50% of your antibodies hanging around will probably be enough to ensure only mild symptoms and prevent going to the hospital. But judging on the decay rate, a year is probably being optimistic for any help.
ReplyDeleteI've heard a number of scientists and doctors talk about the long term with Covid. All say this is a disease that will be around for the rest of our lives as well as those of our kids and grandkids. Most likely, it will result in an annual vaccine probably timed with the flu vaccine. People will probably be infected with Covid many times in their lifetimes. The hope is that once infected and with the annual vaccine, that most will only experience minor to moderate symptoms like the flu and not end up hospitalized.
I haven't heard that anywhere and I HOPE it isn't true.
ReplyDeleteoh that sounds shocking that vaccine provides prevention for such short time ,i wonder why it cannot help for long or once again some are playing for profit how sad
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