Re:Vaccine experts: Covid-19 booster shots aren't needed now
by odessacubbage on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:58AM
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please give '''my''' shot to a high risk person in jamaica or iran or brazil. i don't need it, they do.
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Re:Vaccine experts: Covid-19 booster shots aren't needed now
by junon on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:28PM
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> i don't need it
Yes. You do. Even if you're asymptomatic, the virus will still mutate with a small chance of becoming another variant, and if you're unvaccinated in such a case, that means you'll spread it to others.
By not being vaccinated, you run the risk of spreading a variant around that is a "breakthrough variant" - a mutation of the disease that is hardened against a particular vaccine brand.
Thus, you will be contributing to healthy people getting sick despite being properly vaccinated.
Re:Vaccine experts: Covid-19 booster shots aren't needed now
by ufo on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @11:14AM
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Thankfully, the most high risk people in Brazil have gotten two shots by now; we're moving towards giving a first shot to every adult, and starting second shots for everyone. The vaccination campaign was botched by negligence and corruption from the Bolsonaro government, but by now the doses are finally arriving.
We're also having the same discussions about third dose... Currently, the order is to give a third dose for the elderly (70+) and immunocompromised.