CDC Notifies States, Large Cities To Prepare For Vaccine Distribution As Soon As Late October

[sam_gordon]

I'll be interested to see how long immunity lasts with the vaccines. I'm a health care worker and will most likely be getting whichever vaccine is available here as soon as I can. But if immunity only lasts, say, 6 months, and it take them 6-9 months just to get the first round of the whole population vaccinated, that means the second round/boosters will overlap with folks just getting their first vaccinations. That's even MORE doses they'll have to be able to produce.

I think that's an interesting question also. ASSUMING immunity lasts 6 months, is it practical to expect enough people to get shots four times a year?

 

[Ariel484]

My workplace is starting vaccinations tomorrow! Very happy for my frontline colleagues.

I'm 100% working remotely, so I'm guessing my turn won't come until April at the earliest.

EDIT: As of right now, vaccines are not mandatory at the hospital I work for.

 

[snappy]

Vaccines are starting at hospitals here today, they started at Ochsner Hospital in the New Orleans area yesterday. There is good coverage of the progress in the local press. We have reached out to our doctors and were each told to watch the news and keep an eye on the clinic website for when the vaccine might be available.

 

[bcla]

I think that's an interesting question also. ASSUMING immunity lasts 6 months, is it practical to expect enough people to get shots four times a year?

Will that even be necessary? A single shot supposedly has fairly high efficacy. It might just need one more periodically as a booster.

 

[sam_gordon]

Will that even be necessary? A single shot supposedly has fairly high efficacy. It might just need one more periodically as a booster.

Possibly. It will be interesting to see what the requirements are... a booster every six months? Two shots as a "booster", a month apart? We don't know.

 

[aggiedog]

That's why the long term studies of the initial participants are important. But the only way we'll know is by, well, time. Good point about the second dose "booster." It would be nice if that were the case and we'd only need a single shot after the first round. Or hopefully immunity will hold a lot longer and we'll need boosters annually?

 

[dvcgirl67]

Saw this in The Washington Post....that the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine may have extra doses in the vial. Ok...that could be. But the explanation doesn't make sense to me. Maybe I'm missing something, but why would the type of syringe/needle matter? A dose is a dose right? Am I missing something?

“The amount of vaccine remaining in the multidose vial after removal of 5 doses can vary, depending on the type of needles and syringes used,” Sharon Castillo, a spokeswoman for Pfizer, said in a statement.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...63848c-3fc1-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

 

[mom2rtk]

Possibly. It will be interesting to see what the requirements are... a booster every six months? Two shots as a "booster", a month apart? We don't know.

Stop trying to scare people. We don't know yet how this is going to go. It's a *novel* coronavirus with a brand new vaccine. Can't we all just take a deep breath and see how it goes?

There's at least one vaccine coming that requires only one dose. Perhaps that takes off as the one in long term predominant use.

And if we all need 4 shots a year for a while (hint: we won't) but if we do, then I personally think it's a small price to pay for asking so many of our friends and neighbors to give up their economic livelihoods for the past year. Remember, we're all in this together, right?

We've ruined some people's lives. It's on all of us to step a little out of our comfort zones if needed.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Stop trying to scare people. We don't know yet how this is going to go. It's a *novel* coronavirus with a brand new vaccine. Can't we all just take a deep breath and see how it goes?

There's at least one vaccine coming that requires only one dose. Perhaps that takes off as the one in long term predominant use.

And if we all need 4 shots a year for a while (hint: we won't) but if we do, then I personally think it's a small price to pay for asking so many of our friends and neighbors to give up their economic livelihoods for the past year. Remember, we're all in this together, right?

We've ruined some people's lives. It's on all of us to step a little out of our comfort zones if needed.

100% agree. If I need to take several vaccines...so be it (I also don't think this will be necessary). Whatever it takes to get us back to some sense of normalcy.

 

[sam_gordon]

Stop trying to scare people. We don't know yet how this is going to go. It's a *novel* coronavirus with a brand new vaccine. Can't we all just take a deep breath and see how it goes?

There's at least one vaccine coming that requires only one dose. Perhaps that takes off as the one in long term predominant use.

And if we all need 4 shots a year for a while (hint: we won't) but if we do, then I personally think it's a small price to pay for asking so many of our friends and neighbors to give up their economic livelihoods for the past year. Remember, we're all in this together, right?

We've ruined some people's lives. It's on all of us to step a little out of our comfort zones if needed.

I'm not trying to scare anyone. If you don't want to think about how things will work going forward, then don't. But you don't get to say what I can/can't think about and you don't get to say what I can/can't post about. All I said is "it will be interesting to see what the requirements are".

Yes, it's possible you (general) get one shot (or two), and that's it, you're done for the rest of your life. It's also possible a yearly booster will be needed. It's also possible that boosters will be needed multiple times a year. Because the testing was cut short on these vaccines, we don't know how long they will help. They could run out in three months, six, nine, 12, 15, or last decades. We don't know.

I know people on here want sunshine and roses, but the more shots that are required by a single person to keep this virus at bay, the less likely the general population is keep up with it.

 

[snappy]

Personally I would stand on my head and recite the constitution backwards if it meant my mom, my husband and I could get the vaccine sooner. I can’t see what the benefit to anyone is of the repeated negative questions. Each individual needs to do their own risk benefit analysis in consultation with his/her doctor. That risk benefit analysis also includes consideration of being able to engage in commerce as well, whether you are a consumer or even more so, a business owner or worker in affected industries.

 

[tippity]

Possibly. It will be interesting to see what the requirements are... a booster every six months? Two shots as a "booster", a month apart? We don't know.

It is so funny to even read this statement. First the genetic sequence of COVID‑19 was published on 11 January 2020, and vaccine
clinical trials did not start until March 2020.

How do you think we learn about long term immunity? This part is not rocket science, it's through observation. So at this time, the scientists know the vaccines provide immunity for at least 6 months. Next month, hopefully the scientists will be able to conclude that vaccine immunity lasts 7 months.

In other words, we will not know how long immunity lasts until we start seeing previously vaccinated people contracting Covid-19. So far it hasn't happened in 95% of the vaccine recipients.

 

[snappy]

Sunshine and roses or doom and gloom?

 

[sam_gordon]

It is so funny to even read this statement. First the genetic sequence of COVID‑19 was published on 11 January 2020, and vaccine
clinical trials did not start until March 2020.

How do you think we learn about long term immunity? This part is not rocket science, it's through observation. So at this time, the scientists know the vaccines provide immunity for at least 6 months. Next month, hopefully the scientists will be able to conclude that vaccine immunity lasts 7 months.

In other words, we will not know how long immunity lasts until we start seeing previously vaccinated people contracting Covid-19. So far it hasn't happened in 95% of the vaccine recipients.

OK fine. Get one shot and we're done. No need to worry about covid any more, you're iron clad.

Your second paragraph is exactly my point.

 

[sam_gordon]

Sunshine and roses or doom and gloom?

So saying we don't know how long immunity lasts is "doom and gloom"? OK then.

 

[snappy]

So wanting to take the vaccine is sunshine and roses?

 

[tippity]

OK fine. Get one shot and we're done. No need to worry about covid any more, you're iron clad.

Your second paragraph is exactly my point.

No one is forcing you to be vaccinated. Go ahead and observe...for 10 years! I really don't care.

Every time I see people displaying vaccine hesitancy, I think about all of the moderate or low risk people who want a vaccine ASAP. Your reluctance may allow them to receive their vaccine sooner.

Thank you

 

[snappy]

It was reported on CNBC just now that pharmacists are noting that a 6th and even a 7th Pfizer vaccine shot can be obtained from every 5 dose vial.

 

[sam_gordon]

No one is forcing you to be vaccinated. Go ahead and observe...for 10 years! I really don't care.

Every time I see people displaying vaccine hesitancy, I think about all of the moderate or low risk people who want a vaccine ASAP. Your reluctance may allow them to receive their vaccine sooner.

Thank you

A) And I'm not saying anyone should not get vaccinated.
B) All I said is "it will be interesting to see what the (vaccine) requirements are". People seemed to take offense at that.

 

[mom2rtk]

I'm not trying to scare anyone. If you don't want to think about how things will work going forward, then don't. But you don't get to say what I can/can't think about and you don't get to say what I can/can't post about. All I said is "it will be interesting to see what the requirements are".

Yes, it's possible you (general) get one shot (or two), and that's it, you're done for the rest of your life. It's also possible a yearly booster will be needed. It's also possible that boosters will be needed multiple times a year. Because the testing was cut short on these vaccines, we don't know how long they will help. They could run out in three months, six, nine, 12, 15, or last decades. We don't know.

I know people on here want sunshine and roses, but the more shots that are required by a single person to keep this virus at bay, the less likely the general population is keep up with it.

So what?

You say that like it's the end of the world. I've got news. Business as is has indeed been the economic end of the world for a lot of people. Whatever it takes to get things moving again is fine by me. 4 shots for the next year? Big whoop. I mean, logistically it's a PITA for people. But if that's the price of opening things back up for people who have lost so much, then just tell me when and where.

People have lost everything. And you think it matters that people might need booster shots?