Re:Tracking Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529
by caddemon on Friday November 26, 2021 @02:32PM
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Elderly people, many of whom received their last dose >9 months ago, are definitely at some risk again despite being technically vaxxed. IMO boosters were not pushed hard enough for this population in the early fall. Now Thanksgiving is past and we only have a few weeks to administer boosters that would be effective in time for Christmas gatherings.
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> Elderly people, many of whom received their last dose >9 months ago, are definitely at some risk again despite being technically vaxxed.
No, not all elderly people -- I was careful to put "healthy" in there, and I meant it. Honestly, I probably should have added "not obese" as well. There is not enough risk stratification happening in discussions of this illness.
But sure, at a high level, if we want to put third doses in the arms of people over 65, I think that's more evidence-based than the current recommendations.