Posted on Sep 13, 2022
Omicron booster is step toward Covid 'normalcy'
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UW Medicine's Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy spoke to Seattle Now about how this vaccine booster is different and when you should try to schedule an appointment to get it.
"The original boosters are really just the same vaccine that we had been getting for the original series, just to give an additional dose to improve that immunity that may have waned," Dr. Dhanireddy said. "This vaccine is a little different in that it contains the original strain... but it also contains the newer variants."
Dr. Dhanireddy says that we are in a different phase of the pandemic, with fewer hospitalizations, though some people were still hospitalized during the omicron wave. Vaccinated individuals notably held up against the virus far better than unvaccinated people. Dhanireddy says that we could be heading into a situation similar to the flu, which has routine vaccines updated each year.
"The original boosters are really just the same vaccine that we had been getting for the original series, just to give an additional dose to improve that immunity that may have waned," Dr. Dhanireddy said. "This vaccine is a little different in that it contains the original strain... but it also contains the newer variants."
Dr. Dhanireddy says that we are in a different phase of the pandemic, with fewer hospitalizations, though some people were still hospitalized during the omicron wave. Vaccinated individuals notably held up against the virus far better than unvaccinated people. Dhanireddy says that we could be heading into a situation similar to the flu, which has routine vaccines updated each year.
Omicron booster is step toward Covid 'normalcy'
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..."We are not quite there in terms of yearly vaccines for Covid, but we are edging toward that kind of normalcy with Covid, and thinking of this first round of reworked vaccines in that way," Dr. Dhanireddy said.
"This is still an important disease we are dealing with," she added. "The sheer numbers of people who were infected in this last wave is staggering and we still can do our part by getting these vaccines, keeping ourselves protected, keeping out community protected."
..."We are not quite there in terms of yearly vaccines for Covid, but we are edging toward that kind of normalcy with Covid, and thinking of this first round of reworked vaccines in that way," Dr. Dhanireddy said.
"This is still an important disease we are dealing with," she added. "The sheer numbers of people who were infected in this last wave is staggering and we still can do our part by getting these vaccines, keeping ourselves protected, keeping out community protected."
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure so take heed and consider doing this!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM I'm thinking of enquiring about getting the latest, greatest "Booster" when I get My 2nd Shingles Shot. Why not add it My Vast Collection from 21 Years of Service. Still hard pressed to Pass the times I've gotten the Yellow Fever Shot. LOL!
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I have had the first series and a booster and have had COVID twice! These boosters are BULL$#!+
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