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From
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/22/covid-vaccines-fda...FDA approves updated Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines as virus surges; shots to be available within days
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, putting the new shots on track to reach most Americans in the coming days amid a summer surge of the virus.
The jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating widely in the U.S. earlier this year. KP.2 was the dominant Covid strain in May, but now only accounts for roughly 3% of all U.S. cases as of Saturday, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
Still, Pfizer and Moderna have said their KP.2 vaccines can produce stronger immune responses against other circulating subvariants of JN.1, such as KP.3 and LB.1, than last year’s round of shots targeting the omicron strain XBB.1.5 can.
“Given waning immunity of the population from previous exposure to the virus and from prior vaccination, we strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider receiving an updated COVID-19 vaccine to provide better protection against currently circulating variants,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
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Hmmm. We got updated shots in -I think- March. I wonder if it's too soon to get the next update, or if insurance will pay for multiple updates in the same calendar year.
But I am inclined to get it, if possible. I'm old enough to remember crippled classmates, the victims of polio. Not many, as polio was already on the way out when I hit elementary school (60s). But we had a few in my school. Mom remembered a lot more polio victims, and the occasional smallpox victim. Vaccines made all that go away. Young people today have no idea. They don't seem to realize that they don't suffer from those afflictions precisely because of vaccines.
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Hmmm. We got updated shots in -I think- March. I wonder if it's too soon to get the next update, or if insurance will pay for multiple updates in the same calendar year.
I don't know for sure, but I would think that as long as your last booster was at least 6 months ago, it would be considered medically appropriate to get another one, and so insurance should pay. Plus, we are in the midst of a COVID surge, which makes this more targeted booster even more medically appropriate.
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So, I got the new Moderna shot yesterday, and my deltoid is KILLING ME! In addition, I'm extraordinarily tired today, even more so than usual, but I also slept very poorly, so I might not be able to blame the vaccine for that. Glad I only got this one shot today. I'll get the flu shot in a month or two.
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I talked to my Doc 30 days ago and he wasn't saying I should get it. I've had 8 shots total so I'm happy not to get one, but he did recommend the flu shot. Go figure. :)
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I've been reading that another new strain is making people miserable. Plus we're traveling in a few months. So we're getting the new shot tomorrow. We'll go for Moderna this time (our first booster was Moderna, everything else has been Pfizer).
Next month we'll get the flu, and 1poorlady will get RSV. I had RSV last year, and it is my understanding you only should get that one every two years.
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The pharmacist said that RSV is now considered one-and-done. So I won't have to get it again.
Took Moderna yesterday. Arm is sore, very fatigued, random aches that come and go. Probably no worse than I've experienced in the past, but still not fun. No energy, so just hanging out. Not doing much. Hopefully I'll feel a bit more motivated tomorrow.
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I got FluzoneHD yesterday. My wife got her shots and has a sore shoulder. My brother believes that these new covid shots can change your DNA. He's more far gone than I thought he was.
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Which reinforces the need for an educated populace. Every cell in your body has your DNA. You can't just rewrite it. It's pretty easy to manipulate the genes of a single cell. Hard to do it to billions. I won't say impossible (e.g. there are gene therapies that work on broken genes, though I do not know the details). However, injecting you with RNA (which is what the COVID vaccine is if you get it from Pfizer or Moderna) won't do that.
I'm not a medical person. The last biology class I took was in high school. But I know that.
You can't have a modern, advanced society without an educated populace.
I was grilling yesterday. Still get the occasional twinge or ache, but I have a lot more energy. Smoked some pulled pork, some ribs, and prepped some fries for freezing (freezing is required after step 2, so we have frozen fries just awaiting the final step 3). Also defrosted our chest freezer.
