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Poiuyt

(18,130 posts)
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 11:59 AM Feb 2022

Does anyone know if a 4th does of the vaccine will become available?

Robust Covid-19 Booster Protection Wanes After Four Months, CDC Says

Messenger RNA vaccines’ protection against Covid-19 hospitalization remained strong overall after three doses but did wane over time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

In the month after the Omicron variant became dominant in the U.S. around Dec. 20, protection against hospitalization fell from 91% within two months of receiving a third shot to 78% after four months, the CDC said Friday, reporting results from a study.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/omicron-wave-continues-to-recede-in-u-s-europe-11644583684
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Does anyone know if a 4th does of the vaccine will become available? (Original Post) Poiuyt Feb 2022 OP
My sister in law is in charge of that and she says not yet. Iggo Feb 2022 #1
In charge of that where? USALiberal Feb 2022 #6
Here. Iggo Feb 2022 #8
EU will need them after six months unc70 Feb 2022 #2
I just went in and said I needed a booster-- viva la Feb 2022 #3
Wow! Let's hope everyone does not do that. USALiberal Feb 2022 #7
I got my very first dose last Feb so I would be due. onecaliberal Feb 2022 #4
Me too, Oct. 22nd here Beachnutt Feb 2022 #5

Iggo

(47,565 posts)
1. My sister in law is in charge of that and she says not yet.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:06 PM
Feb 2022

What I wonder is, will it be the fourth dose or the second annual?

unc70

(6,120 posts)
2. EU will need them after six months
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:14 PM
Feb 2022

Just looking recently at Italy. While getting into the country requires a shot within previous nine months, the green pass for restaurants, public transit, etc. requires must be within six months.

viva la

(3,315 posts)
3. I just went in and said I needed a booster--
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:15 PM
Feb 2022

Didn't say it was my second.

(I have an immune issue, and am 6 months since the first booster, and a year past the initial shot.)

No problems.

onecaliberal

(32,895 posts)
4. I got my very first dose last Feb so I would be due.
Sat Feb 12, 2022, 12:16 PM
Feb 2022

I was also boosted in September. I was early in getting the vaccine because of employment status, but I’m far from alone and we are coming up on one year.

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