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[Starver]

Current, I would definitely understand (local rules on theraputic use for given treatments might apply, I don't know which policy heydude is working with, so fell back on "don't be a dick, at least get relevent advice before you potentially infect our vaccinators and everyone else that hope to be helped by them" for the time being), but 'recent' could be even more variable. From not showing obvious symptoms for a handful of days to "leave it a couple of months". Which the advice, if sought, should also cover.

[Vector]

Supposedly we should wait 90 days after COVID infection for the booster. Does that fit with what you know, Poo?

[heydude6]

I'm surprised you guys pitched in to give actual medical advice. I'm touched. I don't have reliable access to a GP right now unfortunately, but I guess I'll take chairman's advice and not get a booster.

I think that even if I did go for the booster, they would kick me out in some sort of screening process, but who knows? Bureaucracy in my experience tends to be very unimaginative.

[Ziusudra]

Yeah, you don't want to distract your immune system from dealing with the real infection, or risk exposing anybody while getting the vaccine. But do get a booster eventually, CDC suggests to wait 3 months after onset of symptom or 1st positive test.

[ChairmanPoo]

Supposedly we should wait 90 days after COVID infection for the booster. Does that fit with what you know, Poo?

Its what I have read as well.

Like with many things with covid there's a degree of uncertainity with these recommendations. I think its based on how long antibody levels last after an infection, and how the immune system responds to stimuli. Also prior practical evidence on better responses spacing the shots



Simplifying a lot, "boosting" when the immune system is already mounting an active response is suboptimal, at least in theory.

As a caveat I'd like to add that in day to day we do suboptimal things that are still better than doing nothing. Ie: we know folks on active chemo mount poor vaccine responses but we vaccinated all of them because they are also much more vulnerable to covid so a poor response is  better than sending them out with no vaccinations at all.

So TLDR version: the recommendation//policy is largely that (3-4 months), its not baseless (intended to achieve better responses), but I dont think getting it ahead of schedule is going to kill you or anything like that.

[Dunamisdeos]

Got my little guy immunized for Covid today (Hooray). Will advise if he turns into a gecko or some shit.

[JoshuaFH]

In national news, huge swaths of the population have mysteriously transformed into geckos after getting the latest coronavirus vaccine. In unrelated news, Geico stocks are up 900%.

[scriver]

Got my little guy immunized for Covid today (Hooray). Will advise if he turns into a gecko or some shit.

Isn't he in the "climb everything" stage of development, or roundabouts there? You might not notice the difference

[King Zultan]

Damn it I wish I had waited to get the vaccine now and I could have become a gecko but no I had to get it awhile back and all I got was this shitty 5G chip.

[Starver]

I can see that it's sending you up the wall. But repeatedly, as you just keep falling off again.

[Lidku]

So is the pandemic over?

[ChairmanPoo]

Make a guess. I'll give you two chances to get it right

[Lidku]

it is

[TamerVirus]

So is the pandemic over?

Biden says so!

[None]

Let's ask our massive nursing shortage and our elder care facilities next.

US Postal Service called it quits on their 'free covid test program' at the start of this month and that seems problematic with how prevalent covid seems to be especially right now. Capitalism will figure it out, the way it always does with public health and safety matters (read: it won't). I've got seven tests stashed away until I'm shelling out ten bucks a pop again; I wince knowing my roommate blasted most of a day's wage to stay informed on his infection and do the right thing by other people.

My household is 100% covid free now, somehow I managed to dodge the virus despite my roommate having it. He mentions lingering tiredness, but he's also mentioned being super tired just because of work very frequently. I didn't go positive once.

I'm scheduled to get the Omicron booster on Friday. It's coming up on a year since my last one, so I'm keen to reinforce what seems to have been serendipity with my roommate's case.