Should We Get a Second Booster Vaccine? What the Science Says | WSJ

To fight Omicron surges, some countries are handing out second booster shots. In Israel, early data suggest a fourth vaccine dose can increase protection against Covid-19, but scientists aren’t sure how long it can last and some say additional boosters won’t help. Photo composite: Eve Hartley/WSJ

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[Srinathji_Das]

Ok, it’s really quite simple. The third dose increases immunity, so after the fourth dose, you’ll be protected. Once 80% of the population has received the fifth dose, the restrictions can be relaxed as the sixth dose stops the virus from spreading. I am confident that the seventh dose will solve our problems and we’ll have no reason to fear the eighth dose. The clinical phase of the ninth dose will confirm that the antibodies remain stable after the tenth dose. The eleventh dose will ensure that no new mutations will develop, so there is no longer any reason to criticize the twelfth dose. After the 12th dose, you'll be protected from the bendmeover and thrustit variants.

[Punaeased]

The protected need to be protected from the unprotected by forcing the unprotected to use the protection that didn’t protect the protected 🤡🤡🤡

[PanteraRossa]

"I'm not convinced it's necessary for everybody." Tweet that and get canceled, even if she's the expert doing the study.

[richyp]

Will the triple vaxxed start turning on the double vaxxed for not being fully vaxxed? 🤔

[AoCabo]

Notice how it was mentioned multiple times that they actually don't know if the boosters are effective and they're still doing clinical trials on the boosters. So that's where we come in. They're pushing for us to be part of one big clinical trial...

[mr.s]

Imagine getting 4 flu shots in a year and then still getting the flu...

[johnsmith-xi]

A fourth shot. Get the F out of here. They’ve jumped the shark

[Alfarojv]

“If you have to be persuaded, reminded, pressured, lied to, incentivized, coerced, bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and criminalized ... If all of this is considered necessary to gain your compliance -- you can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest.” - Ian Watson

[dividenconquer]

I would like to know why we need to sign a waiver if vaccines are safe.

[tdog]

I might be better off getting the flu and letting my body do it's thing.

[EconomicFriend]

What would happen if we stop talking about Covid-19?

[poman]

Ok, it's really quite simple. The third dose increases immunity, so after the fourth dose you'll be protected. Once 80% of the population has received the fifth dose, the restrictions can be relaxed as the sixth dose stops the virus from spreading. I am confident that the seventh dose will solve our problems and we'll have no reason to fear the eighth dose. The clinical phase of the ninth dose will confirm that the antibodies remain stable after the tenth dose. The eleventh dose will insure that no new mutations will develop, so there is no longer any reason to criticize the twelfth dose.

[vanessatyler]

It’s not a booster. It’s the 4th shot of a product that’s already failed 3 times.

[Alfarojv]

"Anyone can test positive for practically anything with a PCR test, if you run it long enough...with PCR if you do it well, you can find almost anything in anybody...it doesn't tell you that you're sick. " - Dr. Kary Mullis, PHD, creator of the PCR test.

1944 - 2019
First "Covid case":
December 12, 2019

[x-shadow-x]

Why does the protection from the COVID vaccines wane so fast while we almost eradicated whole groups of diseases (polio, measles etc.) with one or two shots as children? I cannot find info on this. Anybody any ideas/insights?

[TrvisXXIII]

Already moved on to new variants, these shots are null in void

[randomdude]

"the hope is we see something additive"

the problem is that side effects may also be additive with repeated shots.

[ciscodog]

There is no science involved in repeating the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. Except psychology, it’s insane.

[jimmaag]

I got a booster and 3 weeks later I had covid, albeit a relatively mild case. So now I'm boosted and have natural immunity, no more shots for me, I'm living my life.

[TheSewerRat]

2 shots a year indefinitely and no one questions this? If they recommend a booster for protection against omicron why would they need to formulate a different vaccine to target omicron? Does eliciting an immune response twice a year because of waning antibodies pose any danger to our immune systems over time?