So my Pulmonologist told me something very interesting today. He told me to get

[Maraya1969]

a booster Covid shot because I am "Immunocompromised" . I developed really bad "Eosinophilic asthma" a few months before Covid started and I was soooo sick until they did some tests and went through a few month process of getting my insurance to cover a shot called Nucala that I take once a month. I am 1,000% better but I still have to take one medicine daily.

He also works in the ICU and while he didn't go into details, (thank you!) he did say that he thinks the bad part of this pandemic will continue for 6 months at least.

So I'm going to start checking tomorrow to see where I can get the booster. My last shot was in March so it will be 6 months.

I'm in S Florida.

[hlthe2b]

1. You should be able to get it ANYWHERE they are vaccinating. They will likely have you complete

a short extra form which you will merely indicate that you are on an immune-suppressive drug. Any pharmacy giving COVID-19 vaccine should be able to accommodate you. Don't wait. The immunocompromised are expected to get it now because some percentage will not have seroconverted (mounted an adequate neutralizing antibody response). So, it is more a "revised" standard regimen of three doses for the immunocompromised, rather than considering this dose to be a booster as we talk about it for the rest of the population.

If you want some light reading, here is the link to the 36 page ACIP guidelines on the issue.

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2021-07/07-COVID-Oliver-508.pdf

[Maraya1969]

4. Thanks for that!

[OhNo-Really]

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[Maraya1969]

23. Thank you! I'm pulling it up on Netflix right now.

[Grasswire2]

5. Do you happen to know if DM2 is considered an indication for a booster now? TIA nt

[hlthe2b]

8. Type II diabetes is not in and of itself an immunosuppressive condition, though it

can put one at increased risk if you contract COVID-19, just as any number of chronic diseases including heart disease. Even prior cancer does not necessarily confer immunocompromise unless you are currently on specific types of drugs. But the issue here is to target those who are very likely to have mounted only a minimal or negligible immune response and there is not a real reason to believe you would not have developed a far more robust response to your original series..

If you go to page 17 of the ACIP guidelines link (in my previous post), there is a pretty good summary. I've had to intercede on behalf of a few patients with asplenia because some HCWs administering the vaccine don't realize that those without a spleen CAN be immunocompromised (not always, but it is a valid indication).


Alternately, here is a webmd summary:

people who should qualify would include:

Those receiving treatments for solid tumors or blood cancers.
Those taking immunosuppressing medications after a solid organ transplant.
People who were within 2 years of receiving CAR-T therapy or a stem cell transplant.
People who have primary immunodeficiencies -- rare genetic disorders that prevent the immune system from working properly.
People with advanced or untreated HIV.
Those taking high-dose corticosteroids (more than 20 milligrams of prednisone or its equivalent daily), alkylating agents, antimetabolites, chemotherapy, TNF blockers or other immunomodulating or immunosuppressing biologics.
Certain chronic medical conditions may also qualify, such as chronic renal disease or asplenia — living without a spleen.
People receiving dialysis may also need a third dose

[at140]

3. VAERS (vaccine adverse effect reporting system) does not agree

Serious adverse effects among the 205,000,000 Americans who have received at least 1 dose of vaccines is running at 0.020% meaning 99.98% safe based on VAERS data.

[Maraya1969]

6. Well that is a clue to what the message that was removed said.

Also .02% should be something like 2/1,000 I think. The confusing thing is adding the % to the .02

If it was just written as .02 then that would be 2%, but it is written as .02% which makes the number seem much lower.

Maybe there is a math professor that can straighten this out.

[NH Ethylene]

14. 0.02 % 2 per 10,000

2% is 2 per 100
0.2% is 2 per 1,000
0.02% is 2 per 10,000

[OhNo-Really]

20. And we have learned that ppl bought fake cards

For front line workers and entered them into “the system” so real numbers fir “break through cases” are fubarred.

Link to tweet

?s=21

“Harsh penalties for vax-card-fraud scams nationwide.”

Instagram User @AntiVaxMomma sold fake cards and coordinated with employees who had access to inputting into state vaccine records.

Deplorable

[Maraya1969]

24. Thank you. That is a very low incidence of bad outcomes from vaccines.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. I have COPD and will be talking to my pulmonologist in two weeks

[Sancho]

9. We got the booster in FL at CVS

...no questions asked.

[Maraya1969]

10. That's good to know! CVS is my pharmacy. I got the first 2 at the hospital.

[OhNo-Really]

18. Same at Smith's/Kroger Utah. Called & went in for shot

[aeromanKC]

11. Is 6 month Booster starting September 20th? (from 8 month)

Is the Booster for everybody going to be available starting September 20th. I also thought I heard they are reducing the 8 month waiting period to 6 months. Is this also true?

[ShazzieB]

12. I heard it might be 5 months.

It wasn't definite, but I heard they were considering making it 5 months. The sooner I can get it, the happier I will be. I'm not immunosuppressed, that I know of, but my husband and I are both over 70, with various health conditions, which makes us high risk enough to be uncomfortable. Bring on that booster!

[aeromanKC]

16. Even better.

Thanks. And good luck.

[electric_blue68]

13. Good luck!

My Mom suffered with severe asthma from the time I was 5 1/2. Terrifying. '58.
When she got a nebulizer which was the size of a suitcase back then (!), things got better. Maybe when I was 10 ish. '63+.
Then the Jewish Hospital for Respiratory Illnesses in Denver got her even better. '70.
She lived much of her last 38 yrs in so much better condition!

Wishing you a good imnune boost!
And very good control on your asthma!

[OhNo-Really]

15. Got my booster at Smith's Kroger - I called & asked

I have a broken heart & scarred lungs from pneumonia and my 11 year old granddaughter goes to a school with NO Masks. F Utah

No side effects other than what felt like a bruised arm for a few days.

Get the Boosters at 6 months. It’s about to get dicey

So I’m good through the holidays.

But follow your doctors advice. I’m not a doctor or even a medical professional.

Just a frightened 73 year old whose heart is at risk. Bifascicular blockage. Lowest Resting bpm while sleeping 54. I ❤️ My FitBit & AppleWatch for heart monitoring

[summer_in_TX]

19. Glad you posted this!

I have eosinophilic asthma too. Probably not as severe as yours. It's considered moderate, but symptoms are pretty much all year round.

I'll check with my primary care and asthma doctors about the booster.

Do you know if the booster should be the same medication you took before? Or can you mix and match? I had Pfizer and thought that a dose of Moderna might add to the spectrum of coverage.

[Maraya1969]

25. Wow that is a good question! And I have no idea of the answer. eom

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

21. Here's what I've been saying for about a year now.

Pretend it's early 1939, and you and I are good friends who are planning on a trip to Europe next year. It's going to be great. We can hardly wait. We are planning to go to London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, maybe other places. We've been working extra jobs and saving every penny for this trip.

And then, September rolls around and war breaks out. Oh, crap! It's clear we won't be going to Europe next year but we're optimistic that this dumb war won't last very long and we'll go in 1941. Except this dumb war goes on, and on. And on. It does not finally end in Europe until May, 1945. The soonest we might possibly take that long-postponed trip is 1946. Maybe a year or two after. And when we finally get there, the Europe we will see is totally different from the one we might have seen in 1939. Nothing is the same.

And so it's going to be with Covid. This is going to last far longer than people think. And lots of things will change more than we might have imagined a year ago. Work. Schools. Shopping. We've already seen various changes, and I expect they will accelerate. I happen to be retired (age 73) and so I'm not affected by workplace or school changes. I do live in a wonderful place, Santa Fe, NM, where people are very good about masking. Lucky me.

[Earth-shine]

22. Good info here, in particular for South Florida.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215806597