No, I’d have a whole lot of questions about the research he was basing that 2-4 week timeframe on, because I don’t think that research exists. I’d obviously be interested in the research that recommendation is based on.
Those statements aren’t contradictory. My doctor and I had a discussion, on which I’m basing my current course of action. We’ll talk again in February about the same thing. What my doctor and I discussed made sense to me and my basic understanding of my admittedly 20-year-old college immunology course. If he told me to get a booster two weeks after recovering from my breakthrough infection I’d say whoa hold on buddy that seems kind of crazy, what are you basing that on?
Lie about your second date and tell them you lost your vaccine card when you go for the booster. They’ll write you a new card with the booster dose.
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Are you wrong that I’m an anti-vaxxer? Of course you’re wrong, the covid vaccines are great, I’m a big supporter of them.
That you think I’m guilty of some sort of covid thought crime, well, who cares what you think.
Have you talked to your doctor since Omicron became a thing? If not, talk to your doctor. Seriously.
Would you support a vaccine mandate, including for boosters?
How many boosters?
When did you last talk to your doctor? Shit has changed pretty quickly with Omicron. Unless you have reason to think you already specifically got Omicron why wouldn’t you want max protection when you inevitably get exposed to it in the next few months?
As many as the CDC recommends.
That’s socialism!
No.
Early indications are that Omicron is pretty mild among the vaccinated and already infected. I’m both! Feels good man.
Not to go all Churchill on you here, but we really don’t know anything of that sort yet, one way or another. Maybe that’s true. Hopefully. But we don’t know. Early indications were also that hyrdroxychloroquine and Zithromax were promising. The only thing we do know is that we have powerful vaccines that help lower your risk levels. Get the booster.
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As a compromise, maybe Keeed should get the booster six months after his infection. That’s only a couple of months longer.
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This is my whole point. The risks and benefits for any course of action I take right now seem very small and have large uncertainties, which given my conservative nature, bias me towards doing nothing. I really don’t think that Omicron changes that calculus much at all.
Aren’t people getting reinfected with omicron at much higher rates?
Yes, but the reinfected are not dying or getting serious illness at high rates as far as I have seen. If that changes it tilts the balance towards a booster, probably.
I can’t speak for every state, but afaik most actually keep individual records as to who gets vaccinated. It’s not just written on a card in most states per my understanding. My electronic medical record actually automatically fetches this data. My state can make a QR code that confirms your vaccination status based on this data.
The same isn’t true for infections. I don’t think individualized records are kept for confirmed infections.
The point is that you can’t reasonably verify people have been infected other than taking their word for it.
Right, but can I be trusted to verify my own breakthrough infection and time my booster dose accordingly?
If only there was a way to guarantee you had the same level of protection as the boosters provide without having to guesstimate whether your unique circumstances approximated it.
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