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TexasAg1969

And now they are in process of approving a booster 8 months after the last dose anyone had for COVID-19. I'm going to try to talk them into 7 months since our second was mid-March and we go to England in Mid-Oct.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-08-16/sources-us-to-recommend-covid-vaccine-boosters-at-8-months

Kvoethe

Yes...moderna 2nd shot was may

nickers

Yup Moderna April/Msy

Westside Steve

So just about everybody except hammer. If you don't mind how old are you hammer?

WSS

JAFBF

For those that have had the shot and are not on Blood thinners, it might be a good idea to get a D-Dimer test.

Just sayin'

hammertime

Remember though i had COVID in March.mid 50’s. I’m definitely not an anti vaxxer 1/2 my kids have gotten the shot.

Ive never had a regular flu shot either.

mjp28

@westside-steve said:

No reasons necessary. Are you vaccinated or not?

WSS yep J&J

WSS

It seems like the more interesting part is if you have not then why not ?

Pre-existing medical issues, doctor says don't get one, religious, philosophical, political or something else ?

Not to be judgemental just curious about it ? that's all.

TexasAg1969

@hammertime said:

Remember though i had COVID in March.mid 50’s. I’m definitely not an anti vaxxer 1/2 my kids have gotten the shot.

Ive never had a regular flu shot either.

A lot depends upon your situation. Since I worked in a VA hospital I stayed up with all vaccines, including flu, regularly for two reasons. One is that I knew many sick veterans would come my way and it helped prevent me contracting anything from them. And two, I did not want to inadvertently be the one who spread my disease to them in an early stage before knowing I had it or just had minor initial symptoms. Having once contracted pneumonia there, I added those shots to the list when they came out and still keep all in force. Never want to repeat that experience. Next month, the annual senior flu shot.

Westside Steve

@mjp28 said:

It seems like the more interesting part is if you have not then why not ?

Pre-existing medical issues, doctor says don't get one, religious, philosophical, political or something else ?

Not to be judgemental just curious about it ? that's all.

That wasn't the reason for my question. You guys can bicker about the pros and cons of the vaccination somewhere else.

There are plenty of opportunities or you could start a thread. Either way I was just curious about our core members.

WSS

calfoxwc

@texasag1969 said:

A lot depends upon your situation. Since I worked in a VA hospital I stayed up with all vaccines, including flu, regularly for two reasons. One is that I knew many sick veterans would come my way and it helped prevent me contracting anything from them. And two, I did not want to inadvertently be the one who spread my disease to them in an early stage before knowing I had it or just had minor initial symptoms. Having once contracted pneumonia there, I added those shots to the list when they came out and still keep all in force. Never want to repeat that experience. Next month, the annual senior flu shot.

Yep. In the health care field - the need to protect yourself from being exposed to diseases is paramount - I only know that from my friends who were in the field.

You get to help so many people though - I admire that. I would have gone into physical therapist career, but my knees made that "not going to happen"....especially after I put them through basic training.