A man deliberately got 217 Covid shots. Here’s what happened
Wow, who could have predicted that?
ICYMI:
CDC recommends seniors get another Covid-19 shot
People age 65 and older should get an additional dose of the current Covid-19 vaccine, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends....
Under the new recommendation, people 65 and older can receive an additional dose of any updated Covid-19 vaccine at least four months after the previous shot.
The current Covid-19 vaccine, which was updated last fall, is considered highly effective. Early estimates from CDC studies show that although there has been no substantial waning yet, protection will wane over time. However, the protection offered by any vaccine disappears even quicker in older people because their immune systems don’t respond as well.
The initial proposal used the word “may,” but the committee changed the language to “should” to emphasize how important it is to get vaccinated against Covid-19....
Strong evidence from new research shows that the vaccine can not only prevent severe disease but may cut the chances of getting a symptomatic infection by half, including against JN.1, the most common circulating variant of the virus. Yet only about 21% of adults and about 12% of children have gotten the vaccine since its update in September, according to the CDC. By comparison, nearly half of adults and kids in the US have gotten a flu vaccine this season.
The National Immunization Survey shows that most Americans still consider Covid-19 vaccines to be safe and important, but people’s confidence in the vaccine has fallen from 83.9% in January 2022 to 69.6% last month.
COVIDiots
I got the flu shot and updated Covid-19 vaccine last Sept.
I got the RSV vaccine in Jan - not covered by Medicare, $300
I'll get this Covid-19 booster the next time I visit my pharmacy. AFAIK it's still covered by Medicare and most insurance. I don't think the feds still make it free to the uninsured, but they might.
... Disease risk perception has also changed, according to the survey, and fewer adults say they are moderately or very concerned about getting Covid. Despite the general perception, Covid is still very much a threat, particularly to vulnerable populations like older people and those with underlying conditions.
There were about 20,000 new hospital admissions and 2,000 Covid-19 deaths a week as of the week ending February 17, CDC representatives told the advisory committee. Even when numbers were at their lowest last summer, there were still about 500 Covid-19 deaths per week....
MVC and GSW deaths are both less than 1,000 per week, yet we consider them tragedies.
Free home Covid-19 test program to be suspended this week
... Since November, residential households in the US have been able to submit an order through
Covidtests.gov for four individual rapid antigen tests. All orders placed on or before Friday (Mar 8) will be fulfilled, according to ASPR, an operating division of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
They do expire, so might as well get the latest free ones. I'm not sure if they'll remain free for those on Medicare or not.
“ASPR has delivered over 1.8 billion free COVID-19 tests to the American people through COVIDTests.gov and direct distribution pathways and will continue distributing millions of tests per week to long-term care facilities, food banks, health centers, and schools,” an ASPR spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday.
GoJoeGo!
... The government previously suspended the rapid test distribution program in May after the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency. It was reopened September 25.
Residents who haven’t placed an order since then can now place two, which will provide eight tests in total, according to the US Postal Service. Each order includes four rapid antigen Covid-19 tests....
Cool! I'll do it - Done, easy peasy. FYI, you place one order then get told you can place a 2nd one if you're eligible. I was confused at first when I couldn't just place 2 orders initially. I did get a set last Fall, but changed my mailing address since then. This may be why I'm now able to get two.
Keep the kids of these wingnuts out of OUR public schools. They are a menace.
allergic.
3 years, bet he thought that he got away with it. Hah! Lock him up!
Thx, placed a double order.
