Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new studies suggest

Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by pradn on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:12PM (#28381723)

I think they're saying that we can hope that three shots gives long term resistance, as it happens for other vaccines. We can only hope, and it's not a totally unrealistic hope given how other vaccines work.

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by endisneigh on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:14PM (#28381748)

What are these other vaccines? are the vaccinations for other coronaviruses? I'm not a biologist so I'm not seeing the connection. Is there reason to believe adding more doses would make the prevention jump from less than a year to a decade?

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by nradov on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:17PM (#28381815)

You can see the recommended vaccine schedule here. Several include 3+ doses.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolesc...

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by endisneigh on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:21PM (#28381861)

I'm aware of the 3 dose vaccines - what I'm asking is if there's any connection between the duration and the type of vaccine and the type of underlying virus.

The flu, for example as existed longer than COVID and we do not have a "3 dose" vaccine that prevents the flu for a decade. Why would we expect this for COVID as opposed to an annual booster?

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Re:Israel’s Covid-19 boosters are preventing infections, new... by sfteus on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @12:19PM (#28381844)

HPV is a 3-dose vaccination in most cases. I believe Hep A and Hep B vaccines also have 3-dose versions, but I'm not sure if the 2 or 3 dose schedule is standard.

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