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Blue_true

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3. Educate me on something, because I don't get the point of having you and your

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Wed Mar 24, 2021, 10:51 PM

Mar 2021

wife in such a study.

You and your wife are young, in one of the lowest risk groups. You have antibodies in your body due to an earlier infection that didn’t cause major issues for you. So, if you and your wife get the upgraded vaccine, wouldn’t that be the equivalent of adding two mph to the speed of an already work class striker? Why not add the speed to a striker who two more mph of speed would elevate to another level (like people in their forties and fifties who had mild cases of Covid)?

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My wife and I get the new Moderna variant tweaked test programme vax Tuesday. [View all] Celerity Mar 2021 OP

Thanks ! Look forward to hearing more. MLAA Mar 2021 #1

Good luck and thank you for participating in this trial. LonePirate Mar 2021 #2

Educate me on something, because I don't get the point of having you and your Blue_true Mar 2021 #3

the two variants (Brasilian / South African) are nasty, and can cause full blown (and a worse form) Celerity Mar 2021 #4

You are doing a wonderful thing! LisaL Mar 2021 #5

thank you, and apparently no good deed goes unpunished by some. Since the variants started Celerity Mar 2021 #7

I believe that I understand better based upon your third paragraph Blue_true Mar 2021 #6

There are around 20 different cohorts, with 90 people in each. all sorts of different age and Celerity Mar 2021 #8