[billethkid]

Originally Posted by MDLNB

I don't encourage OR discourage anyone from getting vaccinations. I only do what I think is right for me. I originally got the shots to protect my spouse. Since she did not get the booster, I did not either. We both caught the dreaded Covid, and she fared better than I. Of course, she is on all kinds of medication, and I take none. Even though I got it worst, it only amounted to symptoms equal to a mild cold. I treated it as a cold, with over the counter cold meds. I am not suggesting that anyone do the same. I am only discussing my part in this. Will I get the booster? Well, from what I have read and heard, those that have survived the infection have three times the protection of those that have the vaccination. You have even more if you have both the shots and the survival of the infection. I am not an expert, and do not pretend to know what the medical experts know, just rationalizing according to my sense on the matter. At this time, I will not get the booster. Sure, I am taking a chance or gamble that IF I become infected with the virus again, that I will be able to survive it just as easily as before. Maybe I won't and that will be on me. Three of my children have had the virus before there was a vaccination available to them. Their spouses and their children have also survived the virus. I think it would be much easier to accept the free vaccination IF we knew without a doubt that we would be protected from becoming infected. Not that I agree with some folks reasoning, but I think they reason that it is better to catch a very high survival rate illness, than to get what they believe is a fairly new serum that will not protect them from catching the virus, and are concerned of any long term side effects that may be detrimental to their health later in life. Seniors should not have to be concerned with "long term effects" considering they would probably not live long enough for those hypothetical effects to actually effect them.
No, in all likelihood, I probably won't get the first or second booster UNLESS I fear the possibility of the virus coming back stronger than before. What others do is entirely up to them. I see no benefit in discussing a third or fourth or even a fifth booster. If the OP is looking for validation, he/she will only get opinions from this forum.

If I was looking for validation I would have stated it.
From my post:
There does not seem to be much discussion regarding getting the 4th shot.

[Cheiro]

Will be getting the 4th shot as soon as it is available. Have avoided the disease so far and want to continue the process.

[gdennis317]

Next Booster recommendation likely for early Fall. For those of us with other issues which can cause complications probably a good idea. Have had three full doses myself, have not grown horns or a third eye������

Good chance most everyone has had some exposure to Covid already, but like colds and the Flu new variations can lead to new infection.

Likely that yearly booster will be like a yearly flu shot. No big deal.

[Pat La Rosa]

I am 92 years old and do not plan on getting any more shots. I think this is all for the benefit of the drug companies bottom line. I really think if they did not mandate that you get the shots or else??????? the American people would decide for themselves if they want them or not. Most people are intelligent enough to make up their own minds. We don't need this stupid government to tell us what to take and what to not take. This country is beginning to feel like a dictatorship. What happened to this great country having a bunch of idiots telling all us smart people what we should and shouldn't do.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Pat La Rosa

I am 92 years old and do not plan on getting any more shots. I think this is all for the benefit of the drug companies bottom line. I really think if they did not mandate that you get the shots or else??????? the American people would decide for themselves if they want them or not. Most people are intelligent enough to make up their own minds. We don't need this stupid government to tell us what to take and what to not take. This country is beginning to feel like a dictatorship. What happened to this great country having a bunch of idiots telling all us smart people what we should and shouldn't do.

Whole lot to unpack from this post.
Out of respect to your 92 years…….I will pass on any comments.

[Decadeofdave]

It is between you and your physician. My family member had a lung transplant 2 years ago and the anti rejection drugs they are on reduce vax efficacy. Doc said get 2nd booster.

[asianthree]

After a severe reaction to half dose of first vaccine, all of my physicians are holding a strong No on any other chance of going forward with any vaccine. Never tested positive, for the last 2 plus years, still working in healthcare. Just lucky, or so immune to 40 plus years of being exposed to known, and unknown issues.

The rest of our family in healthcare have had 1or 2 doses of vaccine, but not the booster.

It’s a personal choice, between you and your healthcare provider

[SBaller]

Got the 4th shot from my doctor just this week. He said it just got approval if it has been at least 5 months since first booster. Funny we are not hearing too much about it.

[MDLNB]

Originally Posted by gdennis317

Next Booster recommendation likely for early Fall. For those of us with other issues which can cause complications probably a good idea. Have had three full doses myself, have not grown horns or a third eye������

Good chance most everyone has had some exposure to Covid already, but like colds and the Flu new variations can lead to new infection.

Likely that yearly booster will be like a yearly flu shot. No big deal.

Unfortunately, this has NOT been a "yearly" booster. I wonder how many folks will get the booster IF you will need two or three per year to keep them current. I am NOT an anti-vaxxer, but I am not sure if I have any more protection with the vaccination than if I didn't have it. Especially, now that I have already had the virus and had my shots. "They" tell me that a couple of drinks a day won't hurt me, but they don't tell me how a couple of drinks will help me, either. Lots of arguments pro and con. Some keep saying that having the shots protect you from having to be hospitalized. Great, I get it. However, it is guesstimated that over 100 million Americans have been infected by the virus, but just haven't been hospitalized or documented.

This is not an argument, but just for sake of discussion. I don't disagree with anyone's thoughts above. Just throwing some thoughts out there.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

Originally Posted by toeser

I have had three shots, I'm over 75, and I'm done. The virus seems to be weaker now, and I have read far too much about the potential side effects of getting these vaccines over and over and over.

Everyone must make their own decision, and I've made mine.

I’m with you!

[Jack58033]

Fourth shot. Where?

[toeser]

Originally Posted by Jack58033

Fourth shot. Where?

In the arm as usual.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Velvet

The vaccine seems to wane starting 3rd or 4th month out. So it makes sense to get another if we only consider that. I can’t believe that her doctors did not protect the Queen enough to prevent her from getting Covid, at 96 she could be very vulnerable.

There seems to be some NEW data about CV and shots that suggest that 3 shots and even just 2 shots may build up resistance in the body enough for LONGER than originally thought. The science changes so I would suggest checking this out because I have heard only one report about this.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by drducat

They did all they could given that the shots don't work against getting covid at all.....

Untrue!

[MDLNB]

Glass half full-------------::
New omicron infections in the U.S. have plummeted 90% from a pandemic high in a little over a month.
The U.S. is reporting about 84,000 new cases per day on average, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, down from a pandemic high of more than 800,000 daily cases on Jan. 15