The claim that a school is ‘the safest place for our kids’ in a pandemic is grade-A Obvious Nonsense
I’m not sure about that. Covid isn’t all that dangerous for children, and possibly a good portion of them would otherwise be in some unsafe kind of childcare.
Note that even if I’m allowed to get one, I don’t intend to get one if the peak has already passed.
Why is that? If I somehow make it through the next 4 months without getting Covid I wouldn’t mind an other booster, to top up fading immunity and protection in case there is a more virulent Omicron-derived variant in the future.
I don’t know Zvi’s reasoning, but you’d be able to get such a booster upon news of that variant, which might be better than getting it several months before the variant. (But perhaps worse than “long enough before that you can get a fifth shot when it arrives”.)
I have some abstract concern about the possibility of developing immune reactions to mRNA shots so that we can only get a limited number of them over a lifetime. I haven’t looked into it in depth or even what experts think, it’s not right now gonna stop me from getting a shot that seems important, but it might swing me to no on a just-in-case.
I’m not sure about that. Covid isn’t all that dangerous for children, and possibly a good portion of them would otherwise be in some unsafe kind of childcare.
Why is that? If I somehow make it through the next 4 months without getting Covid I wouldn’t mind an other booster, to top up fading immunity and protection in case there is a more virulent Omicron-derived variant in the future.
I don’t know Zvi’s reasoning, but you’d be able to get such a booster upon news of that variant, which might be better than getting it several months before the variant. (But perhaps worse than “long enough before that you can get a fifth shot when it arrives”.)
I have some abstract concern about the possibility of developing immune reactions to mRNA shots so that we can only get a limited number of them over a lifetime. I haven’t looked into it in depth or even what experts think, it’s not right now gonna stop me from getting a shot that seems important, but it might swing me to no on a just-in-case.