Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates

Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by dahfizz on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:53PM (#30090010)

Personally, it makes me feel like we don't really have a handle on the situation. The vaccine was supposed to be a "virtually 100% effective" silver bullet; now we need constant doses just to maintain some level of protection. It does not inspire confidence.

Is there any other vaccine that needs boosters every 5 months?

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by bonzini on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:41PM (#30093150)

Kids have vaccines at 2 months, 6 months, 1 year and 5 years.

Considering that the initial schedule of 2 doses in a month was kinda rushed, and that Israel is not proceeding with a fourth dose because the current wave has been manageable despite the very high number of cases, it seems very unlikely that COVID will need periodic boosters in the general population.

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by dahfizz on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:08AM (#30100732)

My understanding is that is because they are children, so the doses are much lower.

DTAP, for example, is one of the vaccines that kids need. It has a 5 dose schedule. But, an adult that was never vaccinated can get one shot of Tdap instead.

Notably, the DTAP vaccine is 71% effective after 5 years[1]. Compare to the covid vaccine being 38% after 6 months[2].

[1]https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/dtap-tdap-td/hcp/about-vacc...

[2] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e3.htm?s_cid=mm...

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by pseudalopex on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:32PM (#30091351)

Several vaccines have 3 doses. Flu vaccines get new variants every 6 months.

Every disease is different. Every vaccine is different. What would it prove?

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