I went to CVS and got my second bivalent booster yesterday. My first was in August 2022 and I have been nervous about waning immunity. No questions asked people! (I’m 56 otherwise not high-risk) Go get it! #BivalentBooster

Okay #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDcautious peeps:

now that many of us are > 6 mos since getting our #bivalentbooster, what are we doing?

I asked my doctor’s office and they gave me the standard “CDC and FDA have not recommended a second bivalent booster” line.

which duh, I knew.

but I have a work trip at the end of April where I may not be able to mask indoors at all times, so I’d really love some fresh antibodies.

CVS let me make an appt for what that’s worth. 👀

any experience or links to research studies* you can share are greatly appreciated, commiseration also welcome.

*unfounded speculation appreciated a lot less.

Hey #CovidIsAirborne peeps: I jumped platforms from Pfizer to Moderna for my 4th shot and bivalent 5th. But it turns out Moderna trashes me for days, whereas Pfizer was just a sore arm. I’m considering going back to Pfizer for next boost because losing six days is just… Urgh. Any reason not to go back to Pfizer? Any chance a third Moderna might hit me less hard? #BivalentBooster #CovidIsNotOver

More updates on my condition after that long aside.

Day Two of #COVID19 infection with #autoimmunedisorder and treatment with #Paxlovid. #bivalentbooster and three Pfizer and One Moderna shots, age 56, female, #NY, likely the current #xbb1.5. strain.

I feel way better! still a bit of a headache, but less than yesterday. That sexy sexy beast of Paxlovid still tastes like dirty quarters from a bums ass crack, BUT, my bizarrely capable of dealing with ick brain is kinda

CDC: Reasons for Receiving or Not Receiving Bivalent COVID19 Booster https://buff.ly/3H1zfpw

Survey of vaccinated US adults found many of them have not received a bivalent booster shot because they either do not know they are eligible for one or are unaware the shots exist.

23% did not know they were eligible for a bivalent booster

19% did not know the bivalent boosters were available

19% thought that they didn't need a booster because they were immune to COVID

#BivalentBooster #COVID

RT @dokhollidays@twitter.com

Wir brauchen jetzt monovalente Impfstoffe gegen Omicron Varianten,der „Wildtyp“Anteil ist mE obsolet.
Frage wäre dann Zunahme von Nebenwirkungen durch die Steigerung der Dosis.
Nasale Impfstoffe sollten schnell entwickelt werden.
#CovidIsntOver
#BivalentBooster
#ImpfenSchuetzt https://twitter.com/nejm/status/1616405209466691585

Felt pretty scraggy after my #BivalentBooster yesterday. Happy to report I'm feeling much more myself today.

Because it’s just come up, a reminder: If you have an actual Covid infection, the recommendation is to wait three months before getting a primary-series vaccine, or 4 to 6 months before getting the booster.

#CovidVaccine #CovidBooster #BivalentBooster

Got my bivalent booster today. I’ve been waiting until I had actual plans to do something out in the world. I’ll be visiting friends in two weeks, which was my main incentive. Less of an incentive: making appointments for things I’ve been putting off, like going to the dentist. I mean, it’s great to be able to go to a dentist. But not exactly fun.

#CovidBooster #BivalentBooster #CovidVaccine

Call my bivalent booster today. I’ve been waiting until I had actual plans to do something out in the world. I’ll be visiting friends in two weeks, which was my main incentive. Less of an incentive: making appointments for things I’ve been putting off, like going to the dentist. I mean, it’s great to be able to go to a dentist. But not exactly fun.

#CovidBooster #BivalentBooster #CovidVaccine

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I and my partner have been bivalent boosted!🎉

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Have any of y’all taken the #BivalentBooster? The Pfizer shot done put me on my ass.

Sometimes the drug store soundtrack hits just right. I didn't know I needed to be hearing #amywinehouse's "Valerie" while I got my #bivalentbooster but it happened and 🎉🙀🎅💯🦸.

I have so much love for our #PediatriciansOffice … When my toddlers got the #BivalentBooster (that they cannot even get anywhere else because they are both under 3!!!) everyone in the office was in a #HighQualityMask (except my 1.5 year old who hasn’t conquered that skill yet), there was a family getting #vaccines in their car, a kids show was on in the patient room, & my kids got tie-dye bandages after 🥰

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Please also #MaskUp, get your #BivalentBooster, #TestTwiceBeforeTravel and take extra precautions this season, especially if you are traveling or gathering indoors!

First data on effectiveness against acute #COVID19 of the bivalent boosters looks good, particularly for older people https://erictopol.substack.com/p/a-quick-update-on-the-bivalent-boosters #BivalentBooster #vaccin #EricTopol

Thinking out loud:

#bivalentbooster uptake is less than 14% in the U.S.. I don't see that changing.

That 14% *may* have a 30-40% mortality protection vs. the post-omicron variants; 15-20 million?

Present case rate is over 450,000 a week and climbing. Probably double that due to nobody bothering to test, HHS changing reporting requirements. 2020 showed higher - but there was more testing. 2021 showed maybe double - but again, more testing.

I'm going out on a limb and saying they've all been about the same, including now. In fact, the rate appears to have increased by almost the same percentage at similar dates.

So, I'm going to presume the best case scenario will be between 1 million - 2 million cases a day in January.

Worst case - because the B.x variants have an R0 = > 18 - it could be off the scale.

And the ICUs are already near or at capacity.

Multiplied times waning, to zero immunity from vaccines. The positivity rate is about the same (except less testing now).

2022 death rate in January per 100k per week 5.8; 2021 7.5. Since there will be effectively no protection for most of the population, I think it's safe to presume it will be closer to 7 than 5. Say ~ 7.

~ 20,000-25,000 dead per week?

Not accounting for the original variant having an R0=~2. With an almost 10x transmissivity, ....

An added complication is that this is the first #Christmas where The General Population has zero fear of covid. Everyone I know are relating their #holiday plans being pre-covid in nature.

The Double Super Spreader Event of Christmas/#Hannukah and #NewYears, optimally spread a few days apart.

January is going to be bad. All of these things tell *me* it could be at least as bad as January 2021, possibly worst ever. If that R0=18 kicks in x hospitals closed, >50,000 a week dead? The nation will be out of commission by the end of January. We'll have run out of freezer trucks by the middle of the month. Everything will shut down.

Yet, I see mainstream media outlets posting articles about how #WHO again says it's going away. Multiple "authorities" saying there is nothing to fear.
Shill doctors on #hellsite saying it's gone away.

This brings out the Alex Jones in me: this is a concerted effort to minimize. As #hellsite shows, and as we've always know historically from the close ties of the military to the film industry, the government *can* and probably *does* dictate The Public Narrative. It's in over drive right now:

Don't fear covid! CONSUME. BE CONTENT. PURCHASE FREELY.

For the economy is Most Holy!

I've been writing for 3 years now "I hope I'm wrong". So far I haven't been. Hopefully it will "only" be a "mild" disaster, < 20,000 a week.

But the above points to it being a whole lot worse.

#wearamask
#distance
#getvaccinated

Thinking out loud:

#bivalentbooster uptake is less than 14% in the U.S.. I don't see that changing.

That 14% *may* have a 30-40% mortality protection vs. the post-omicron variants; 15-20 million?

Present case rate is over 450,000 a week and climbing. Probably double that due to nobody bothering to test, HHS changing reporting requirements. 2020 showed higher - but there was more testing. 2021 showed maybe double - but again, more testing.

I'm going out on a limb and saying they've all been about the same, including now. In fact, the rate appears to have increased by almost the same percentage at similar dates.

So, I'm going to presume the best case scenario will be between 1 million - 2 million cases a day in January.

Worst case - because the B.x variants have an R0 = > 18 - it could be off the scale.

And the ICUs are already near or at capacity.

Multiplied times waning to no immunity from vaccines. The positivity rate is about the same (except less testing now).

2022 death rate in January per 100k per week 5.8; 2021 7.5. Since there will be effectively no protection for most of the population, I think it's safe to presume it will be closer to 7 than 5. Say ~ 7.

~ 20,000-25,000 dead per week?

Not accounting for the original variant having an R0=~2. With an almost 10x transmissivity, ....

An added complication is that this is the first #Christmas where The General Population has zero fear of covid. Everyone I know is relating their #holiday plans being pre-covid in nature.

The Double Super Spreader Event of Christmas/#Hannukah and #NewYears, optimally spread a few days apart.

January is going to be bad. All of these things tell *me* it could be at least as bad as January 2021, possibly worst ever. If that R0=18 kicks in x hospitals closed, >50,000 a week dead? The nation will be out of commission by the end of January. We'll have run out of freezer trucks by the middle of the month. Everything will shut down.

Yet, I see mainstream media outlets posting articles about how #WHO again says it's going away. Multiple "authorities" saying there is nothing to fear.
Shill doctors on #hellsite saying it's gone away.

This brings out the Alex Jones in me: this is a concerted effort to minimize. As #hellsite shows, and as we've always know historically from the close ties of the military to the film industry, the government *can* and probably *does* dictate The Public Narrative. It's in over drive right now:

Don't fear covid! CONSUME. BE CONTENT. PURCHASE FREELY.

For the economy is Most Holy!

I've been writing for 3 years now "I hope I'm wrong". So far I haven't been. Hopefully it will "only" be a "mild" disaster, < 20,000 a week.

But the above points to it being a whole lot worse.

#wearamask
#distance
#getvaccinated