Mrs. Basket Case and I are going on a long flight in late September, and the pharmacy said it's looking iffy as to whether the newest vaccine will be available before then.
I got the bivalent when it first came out last September, so it's been almost a year for me. I've decided to go ahead and get a boost of that in the next few days. Not ideal, but likely the best I can do before getting on a long ride in a germ tube.
I do tend to react to the vaccine, so I'll schedule it for a time when the following day's schedule is empty.
Late add: Just read an article in Forbes that a lot of doctors are saying to hold off until the new vaccine is available, probably in October. Has to do with which vaccines protect best against which variants, and the existing bivalent isn't all that effective against the strain currently circulating in the US. Trouble is, that's too late for my trip.
Running counter to that is we're going to Europe, where the recently-circulating variant is a descendant of Omicron....which is what the current bivalent is designed to protect against. So I'm back to getting the bivalent some time in the next few days.
I got the bivalent when it first came out last September, so it's been almost a year for me. I've decided to go ahead and get a boost of that in the next few days. Not ideal, but likely the best I can do before getting on a long ride in a germ tube.
I do tend to react to the vaccine, so I'll schedule it for a time when the following day's schedule is empty.
Late add: Just read an article in Forbes that a lot of doctors are saying to hold off until the new vaccine is available, probably in October. Has to do with which vaccines protect best against which variants, and the existing bivalent isn't all that effective against the strain currently circulating in the US. Trouble is, that's too late for my trip.
Running counter to that is we're going to Europe, where the recently-circulating variant is a descendant of Omicron....which is what the current bivalent is designed to protect against. So I'm back to getting the bivalent some time in the next few days.
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