Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol...
by tunesmith on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:12PM
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You didn't mention the risk of other people getting it from you. Each shot has lessened that risk considerably. That alone can be worth it - it only takes so many generations (person passing to person) for one person's infection to cause a death in another.
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Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol...
by throwaway932489 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:22PM
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It's a nice thing to do on the individual level but I don't think it's right to coerce people into the vaccine on this basis.
An interesting reversal of this: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/chickenpox-vaccin...
"Being exposed to chickenpox as an adult (for example, through contact with infected children) boosts your immunity to shingles."
"If you vaccinate children against chickenpox, you lose this natural boosting, so immunity in adults will drop and more shingles cases will occur."
It's seemingly not the primary justification the vaccine isn't offered, but I wonder if, to cut to the core question, those who are pro/anti vaccinating the low-risk to protect the high-risk feel the same way when it's flipped.
Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol...
by extra88 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:28PM
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I don’t think the shingles part is significant. Getting shingles is only common for seniors and there’s a vaccine for it too.
Re:Younger Americans benefit less from booster shots than ol...
by Eldt on Monday February 07, 2022 @01:24PM
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Chickenpox is terrible in adults and is avoided for very good reasons.