Any Camp Pfizer people pulling up stakes and hiking over to Camp Moderna?

[Shermann]

The Moderna shot has proven to have slightly better durability than Pfizer. Both boosters are going to be the same dosages of the same formulations as I understand it. This leads to the natural question: would the Moderna booster be a universally better option at this point? Only Pfizer is FDA approved at this time, but that reality will be short-lived.

The official answer appears to be to stick with your one type. However, there is reason to be skeptical of that. Vaccines don't linger in your system for long, after six months the only lasting effect is the imprint on your immune system. That is very different from how a drug regimen works.

Consider the question of whether drugs can be combined with alcohol use or not. The official answer for the 10s of thousands of prescription drugs is NO. Do all these thousands of drugs really have harmful interactions with alcohol? Probably not, but the issue is that pharmaceutical companies aren't going to spend all that money on research and expanded clinical trials to make sure. It just isn't cost effective. So putting that verbiage in there is an easy way to reduce those costs as well as limit any resulting liability.

Is the same thing going on here?

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[lagomorph777]

1. I assume they'll be enforcing the official recommendation.

So I'm not so sure my preference matters.

[Siwsan]

2. I actually discussed this with my APN, last week

The medical clinic I use gave the Moderna vaccine. I was vaccinated with Pfizer at another location (got an earlier appointment at Meijer). She recommended I stick with Pfizer.

[Haggard Celine]

3. I've already gotten the Moderna booster.

My upper arm was very sore around the injection site, and it felt like I had a knot in my back muscles on the same side. No nausea or cold symptoms or anything like that, though. They told me I had to wait a couple of weeks before I get my flu shot, so I'll be going back to do that soon.

[brush]

7. Did you have to make an appointment or just walk into...

Walgreens or other pharmacy store?

[Haggard Celine]

14. I made an appointment first.

I made an appointment to get the booster at CVS, then I got a text from them saying that I could have my flu shot and my pneumonia and shingles shots done there, too. So I made an appointment for the other shots as well.

Then when I went to get the flu shot I told the nurse that I was scheduled to have the booster shot a few days later. She said that she could give me one shot or the other right then, but I would have to wait two weeks before I got the other. I told her that I thought the booster was more important, so let's do it now.

She asked for my vaccine card and I didn't have it with me, so I had to go all the way home and back so I could get the shot. Don't forget to take it with you!

[brush]

16. Thank you.

[brooklynite]

4. "However, there is reason to be skeptical of that"

Is that reason based on medical science?

If so, please provide a citation. If not, why is this any better reasoning than HCQ or de-worming paste?

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I Don't Think You Read It Right

It's true of all vaccines that the vax itself doesn't linger long term, nor does it have to.
The OP pointed this out as a way to differentiate from a drug therapy. That differentiation exists, and it has been common knowledge for decades that therapeutic drugs & vaccines don't work the same way, physiologically.
No citation is needed to support the obviously true.

[brooklynite]

10. I citation is needed that its acceptable to switch between different vaccines...

…when CDC has said they don’t recommend it.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. That's Not What The OP Said

It's not even close.
It was clearly making a direct comparison between drug & vaccine mechanisms.
Not sure how you inferred anything other.

[brooklynite]

17. Paragraph 2 of the OP...

“ The official answer appears to be to stick with your one type. However, there is reason to be skeptical of that.”

[gldstwmn]

5. I have always gotten really sick with

vaccinations. I'm not going to risk it with Moderna. I've no complaints with Pfizer

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Moderna Did Show...

...both a higher % of side effects, & somewhat more intense.
For you, staying with Pfizer seems wise.
For me, I was Moderna anyway, so I'll stick with that for the booster.

[voteearlyvoteoften]

6. Just got my booster today

I did try to switch to Moderna but the unvaccinated!! pharmacist at Walgreens wasn’t going for it. He told me “ If I decide to get vaccinated I will get Pfizer” Cue me going What?? You aren’t vaccinated? Well I hardly ever lose it in public but I cussed him out. ( He said something lame about FDA approval) The Covid is raging in Florida and I didn’t want to wait so went to another Walgreens today and got the Pfizer booster. I would have had to lie to get Moderna which would be easy enough just say it was my first and not show my card. It’s been almost 8 months since first 2 Pfizer’s and as it was I had to claim medical necessity. ( Every slot was open on their online appt site so I know I didn’t take it from someone else) Btw they updated their site last night so the option for booster is there( wasn’t yesterday) They will take walk ins too. Sept 20 is the date it opens for everyone for boosters but I know lots of people who have them already. Don’t want to get caught in the rush. So that’s my booster story. Be well and have a great holiday weekend DU friends 🇺🇸👍🏻🌎

[Shermann]

20. Good info, thanks! I got my first shots at Walgreens as well. nt

[Corgigal]

8. They are both the same,

probably don’t need a booster anyway. Titter always wanes after every vaccine, but the HPV shot. They don’t know why it doesn’t with the HPV yet.

[Ms. Toad]

18. They actually aren't the same.

They use the same mechanism, but the delivery vehicle is different and the Moderna dose is 3x the quantity of mRNA than the Pfizer.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. I'm giving Pfizer the one booster, and then I might jump ship.

[TreasonousBastard]

15. I got Pfizer from the VA, and they say they'll let me know about boosters.

[FlyingPiggy]

19. You should not be switching vaccines.