Great piece on the latest booster! Just about everything you need to know.

[Native]

The author is Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, MPH PhD—an epidemiologist, biostatistician, wife, and mom of two little girls. During the day she works at a nonpartisan health policy think tank, and at night she writes this newsletter. Damn I wish women ruled the world!

You'll find answers to these questions/topics at the link below:

* How long after infection/last vaccine should you booster?
* Does it matter if you had a BA.1, BA.2, or BA.5 infection?
* Mixing and matching
* What about a Novavax booster?
* Kids under 12
* What about mixing with other vaccines, like the flu vaccine?

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/considerations-for-your-fall-booster

[oregonjen]

1. Thanks for the link!

[moonshinegnomie]

2. a good friend of mine is an MD

i asked him about the booster since ive had 2 boosters already (last one in june) plus covid in may.

he said get it and so i will

[Native]

3. You definitely need it if you want optimal protection from BA.4&.5!

[cally]

4. Great article

Thanks

[grantcart]

5. Thanks.

[crickets]

7. Thank you, Native - K&R

[Tree Lady]

8. Thanks for the info

I have two things coming up a road trip beginning of Nov and flying for first time since covid to my daughters in Texas, if she wasn't in a ceremony (CPA) I would stay home. That is mid Dec.

I really want to be the most protected for the flight but not sure if I should wait till November for shot. I got my last booster Moderna mid June.

[Native]

9. If I were in your shoes, I'd get it mid-October or even earlier.

Based on what this doc says, you'd probably want to be fully protected before your road trip, and mid-October puts you at 4 months. That also gives you time to recover from the vaccine if it knocks you on your ass! Plus you'll likely want your flu vaccine before your trip to Texas.

That said, my county here in Florida is always one of the highest when it comes to infection rates - so I take that into consideration, as well as my age. Even though I'm healthy and "just" 65, I'm still old - so I consider that to be high risk. And more, just about everyone I know who has been double vaxxed and double boosted has caught this damn thing (many in the last 30 days). Even though most experienced just mild symptoms, there were a few who wound up with pneumonia. I'm exactly 5 months out from my last booster, and if I could have gotten it sooner I sure as hell would have.

From what I've read, this new shot is 1/2 old strain with the other half comprised of the BA.4 & BA.5 strains.

[Tree Lady]

10. Thanks for advice

I am 66 pretty healthy but do have blood pressure I take pills for.

Covid really got my hubby bad and surprisingly I didn't catch it being ultra careful.

I do get hit with side effects on all shots so I always plan for nothing days after shot.