Moderna: Our vaccines are still SUPER effective!
Also Moderna: BUT you're def gonna wanna get one of our special booster shots! 😉
Pharma companies stand to make billions by pushing boosters, whether you need one or not.
For the great majority of you, you don't.
Also Moderna: BUT you're def gonna wanna get one of our special booster shots! 😉
Pharma companies stand to make billions by pushing boosters, whether you need one or not.
For the great majority of you, you don't.
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1423283440393150467
Oh boy, the replies. Ok let me clarify:
Who likely needs a booster: organ transplant recipients, the immunosuppressed (e.g. on chemotherapy), and some J&J recipients [particularly the elderly].
Everyone else? There’s no data they are indicated yet.
See 👇 by @celinegounder
Who likely needs a booster: organ transplant recipients, the immunosuppressed (e.g. on chemotherapy), and some J&J recipients [particularly the elderly].
Everyone else? There’s no data they are indicated yet.
See 👇 by @celinegounder
https://twitter.com/celinegounder/status/1417544454223843333
“Ok, whatever. What’s the downside of getting one?”
For starters, globally vaccines remain in very short supply. Most are concentrated in wealthy countries.
What’s something that’ll actually make you safer? Get people around the world their first dose before we get our third.
For starters, globally vaccines remain in very short supply. Most are concentrated in wealthy countries.
What’s something that’ll actually make you safer? Get people around the world their first dose before we get our third.
Also, well, you just can’t get a booster until the CDC and FDA approve them. And they haven’t yet.
I suspect they will soon for the groups mentioned above.
But the vaccines still perform exceptionally well at protecting everyone else from severe illness or death from Covid.
I suspect they will soon for the groups mentioned above.
But the vaccines still perform exceptionally well at protecting everyone else from severe illness or death from Covid.
Look, I have a vested interest in keeping you all safe and healthy. I work in an ER. I don’t want to see any more covid patients. Ever.
If I thought a 3rd dose would make a dramatic impact, I’d say it.
And perhaps later the evidence will change. I’ll be the first to tell you.
If I thought a 3rd dose would make a dramatic impact, I’d say it.
And perhaps later the evidence will change. I’ll be the first to tell you.
In the meantime, we can make a bigger impact with those doses.
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