Even if your antibodies wane significantly after 6+ months, you should still have memory B/T cells that provide long lasting protection against severe disease. Antibodies are your first line of defense, but they aren’t the whole immune response, so no you would not be as vulnerable as someone who’s unvaccinated after 7 months. The headlines you see about waning immunity are not telling the whole story.
Where did I write that boosters are targeted toward circulating variants? Go back and quote me on that?
Blake P
has been in this thread from the start of the pandemic, going over all the ins and outs of everything. From what to do, to the science of things, vaccines, what type of mask is best to get, where to get them, and the difference between them all (because no one knew the differences at the start). He even reached out to me a few times, knowing I'm seriously immunocompromised, asking if I needed some KN95s. I don't know him personally at all, but if I had to wager, I'd say he's in the medical field (if I'm wrong, I apologize). But If I'm right, he knows what he's talking about. But he's a good one. 
Let me reassure you then that you still have pretty good protection for the first couple months after your 2-dose vaccination, even against omicron:
Props to him for trying to help you out but good one or not, he's side stepped what i've written multiple times now and never addressed direct questions only to tell me "I am misinformed" and tried to brush me off. If he thinks I am misinformed and really wants to go there I can certainly go there.I had ZERO dog in this fight, but I will say, that
I've been on nt too long because so many members irritate me now. Ignore helps so much.
Having two doses does offer protection against omicron. From a logical standpoint, an individual should want some protection against a disease rather than no protection.
Maybe I’m not understanding your question, but it’s untrue that you can never “catch up” to the current variant. My kids just got their second dose in December and will get boosters if/when they’re approved for their age group. Until then they have the best protection available to protect them against severe outcomes. You’re jumping in here 2 years later asking for data that has been posted many times by myself and others. The current vaccines continue to protect well against the most severe outcomes from all variants so far and that cannot be disputed. Nobody knows if they will protect against future variants, but since they have all been descendants of the original strain, chances are good. Could there be problems caused by getting multiple boosters over many years? Sure, but there’s no data to support that. But there IS data to support the problems that come with being reinfected over and over with a disease that causes damage to your vascular system and can harm every organ in your body. Not pushing an agenda, just facts. All I see from you are fringe theories and misinformation.
Makes perfect sense if you read what I wrote in its entirety. First in regards to me personally It’s does make sense.
This honestly reads like typical “I’m not antivax, but here are a bunch of standard antivax talking points.” Repeating the same nonsense over and over doesn’t make it true.
That’s really unfortunate - and another side effect of the terrible testing in the US. Your whole issue is the well known fact that a PCR test will detect fragments of the virus for months after your symptoms have passed. It’s pretty clear that you HAD the virus but don’t now but they’re doing the only thing they can and have a sensible protocol.I'll add my newest info. Back between Christmas & New Year, my wife came down with a bug (Dec 26). Had a stuffy nose and a tad bit of a sore throat. But nothing crazy. By Wednesday she got worse but it was tolerable. By the end of the week all I got was a slight tickle in my throat. Well, fast forward to the weekend, and we were both feeling like crap.
I had a horrendously sore throat (felt like I was swallowing razor blades), aches, headache & fever topped off at 101.7. We both felt awful. Couldn't find any Covid tests anywhere close to us to buy and no pharmacy within a 30 mile radius had openings to perform a test. So we quarantined. I got a Z-Pak prescribed from my GP (delivered by CVS) as I figured I had strept (had it before so I know what it feels like). And was told to take higher dose Tylenol. By the 4th day (Thursday Jan 6) of the Pack, I felt worlds better and I could actually eat food as swallowing didn't hurt nearly as much. By the following week, all better.
Fast forward to last Saturday. Had to get a Covid test for my yearly scope to see how my Crohn's is doing. Few hours later hospital calls and said the virus is detected. Damn! No procedure now (postponed till next available in 2 months). But I had ZERO symptoms. Nothing (& still don't). Both my GI and my transplant doctors believe we both had Omicron back in December/January but since we couldn't get a test, and didn't have it documented, they couldn't "officially" say I had it. This positive was most likely the variant still in my system as it was taken several weeks from the last day I felt crappy. We both quarantined the days they said we should, found a few rapid at home tests, came back negative, and are fine.
We both are triple vaxxed and I'm waiting see when I can get my 4th shot (6 months is up later this month). I wear masks everywhere I need to go (which is a few spots fast, like grocery store) where people are at. Quick in & out for things. But I know having all 3 kept me from most likely being seriously hospitalized and probably dying (being a transplant patient and seriously immunocompromised). Just stay safe and get the shots if you can. They do help.
In the interim I am not protected fully against omicron is the point. And by the time another variant swings aroundYoure missing my point, when you get your booster omicron might not be the dominant strain but when people had their boosters before omicron came around in late December they were still protected. So same thing, when you get your booster youll be somewhat protected to whatever strain is dominant by then.
By your logic and the “firet shot but wont be able to catch up” then whats the point of getting vaccinated? Is that what youre really trying to say? Just say if it is.
You spoke to the top doctors in NYC? What do you do that youre able to have these talks with said doctors. Serious question.
what level of protection against death from omicron would you consider to be good enough for the 2-dose (unboosted) vaccine?
80 percent and up, I believe -and don’t quote me - that it was around that for the delta variant
Spoke to the top doctors in NY and by that you mean friends and family. Of course.
Wrap this up fellas, lets move on.
