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Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by maxerickson on Thursday December 30, 2021 @12:53PM (#29739133)
The immune response to the booster isn't linear relative to the response to the earlier shots.

The every six months thing doesn't apply until there's actually a government recommendation to get a 4th shot. I think there is enough chance that there will be, but there's also a pretty good chance that there won't be (because we are actually getting to the point where ~everyone has been infected or vaccinated).

Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by emteycz on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:07PM (#29739340)
The government has already determined the expiration of booster shot certificates. What am I supposed to do afterwards, never come out anymore?
Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by maxerickson on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:08PM (#29739353)
Which government, what determination?
Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by emteycz on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:10PM (#29739391)
EU, 9 months
Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by maxerickson on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:13PM (#29739444)
So https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_... ?

That requires the booster to be treated as proof of vaccinated status for 9 months, it doesn't predict that proof of additional shots will be required in the future. Which makes sense, as we don't have the information to make that determination!

Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by emteycz on Thursday December 30, 2021 @03:58PM (#29741355)
If my vaccination pass expires then I can't go eat, get on a plane, go to work. So it's a requirement to get another shot, the politicians/government just didn't say it out loud - typical.

Last time I got the vaccine for covid I was promised 5 years. It was reduced to 5 months post-facto. Do you seriously expect me to believe it will be at least the advertised 9 months this time - or that it's going to increase?

Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by xdennis on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:25PM (#29739620)
So "get more shots of the vaccine we don't have enough information about"?

I'm drawing the line at two.

Re:Stanford requires booster shots for all students by maxerickson on Thursday December 30, 2021 @01:31PM (#29739685)
There's good data about the booster being an effective booster. There's not much data about whether another one will be beneficial (neither in terms of whether it will help immunity or whether there will be a lot of virus in circulation...).