I was looking at Mychart today and noticed I had received 3 of 4 Covid vaccines

[captain queeg]

Apparently my clinic is already suggesting another shot in April 2022. I sort of figured this would be the case but was surprised to see it formalized.

[orleans]

1. "Pfizer CEO says fourth Covid vaccine doses may be needed sooner than expected due to omicron"

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/08/omicron-pfizer-ceo-says-we-may-need-fourth-covid-vaccine-doses-sooner-than-expected.html

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Interesting....is this the future for the human population?

semi/annual shots to deal with the ongoing mutations?

[deelee]

4. Not if the Anti-vaxxers get their heads out of their arses

[EYESORE 9001]

8. Or just FOAD

I’m good with either option - just as long as they are no longer serving as mobile Petri dishes for virulent and pestilential mutations of this virus.

[Karma13612]

15. ??

Umm, I think the OP just meant that the anit-vaxers should FOAD. Not the writer of the comment they were responding to.

[Maeve]

17. That poster is gone after 3 posts

One might suspect that it was not here for good conversation....

[Karma13612]

18. Hahaha!

Yea, I noticed the post I responded to was only their 2nd post here, ever. Just signed on a couple minutes earlier.

So much anger aimed at the wrong windmill. Sigh…

[hlthe2b]

3. I don't know your situation, but for those immunocompromised, CDC months ago stated that

three doses for immunocompromised was considered the original series and that a fourth dose six months after the third was recommended. That has not yet been formalized for others, but yes, it likely will.


https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html?s_cid=10483:immunocompromised%20and%20covid%20vaccine:sem.ga:p:RG:GM:gen TN:FY21

Moderately to severely immunocompromised people ages 18 years and older who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine primary series, and an additional primary mRNA vaccine may get a booster shot 6 months after completing their vaccine primary series.

[captain queeg]

10. I guess technically I'm immunocompromised.

I just saw my primary care doc a few days ago and he didn’t mentioned this. I’d just checked Mychart a day earlier to see some lab results and the note about Covid shots wasn’t there at that time. I think the message was generated by the clinic not my doc, I’m probably labeled as such. That’s ok by me, I got my first shot earlier than I would have otherwise.

[Old Crank]

5. We will probably end up

Like the yearly flu jabs. I have been getting those for years and lately my doctor has me get a pneumonia shot.

[left-of-center2012]

7. 'pneumonia shot'

"People aged 65 and over only need a single pneumococcal vaccination. This vaccine is not given annually like the flu jab.

If you have a long-term health condition you may only need a single, one-off pneumococcal vaccination, or a vaccination every 5 years, depending on your underlying health problem."

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vaccinations/pneumococcal-vaccination/

[Old Crank]

9. My Hausarzt

Wants me to have a second.

[Karma13612]

16. There are two different

Pneumonia shots.
Couple years ago at 65, I went to my pharmacy and they suggested I skip to the 23 component one. Don’t bother with the ?13?. Something like that.

So, I got the 23.

The RPh indicated that the CDC would be changing their recommendations at some point soon, saying that the first one wan’t really needed. I am sure they have been too busy now with COVID to re-analyze the Pneumonia shot recommendations.

I’m covered for Pneumonia, 3 shots of Moderna, and have gotten my 2021 Flu shot. It’s all good.

[Raven123]

6. The coders are saving time with that early update

[Luciferous]

11. Yeah, it's probably just been entered into the system as a clinical reminder.

[librechik]

12. when you get a successful weapon against a DEADLY enemy-don't spare the gunpowder.

a notion I wish Schumer would take to heart against the PuKKKes.

[Sancho]

14. I saw one report that they were thinking of an annual flu/covid vaccine...

...makes sense to me

[Irish_Dem]

20. When did you have your booster? The clinic is scheduling the 4th shot how soon after your booster?

[captain queeg]

21. I got the booster in Oct. it looks like they have me scheduled for #4 one year from my 1st

[Irish_Dem]

22. Thank you, very interesting. That is good to know. Will mark my calendar too!