MiMi said:
Can't you just tell them it's your first dose? I doubt there is a national registry they are checking before the injection.
In a few months delta may not even be a blip on the radar at the rate it burned through other areas.KidDoc said:
The Moderna booster information, while based on trending good data, was during an EARNINGS REPORT not a medical conference. Guess what any company wants to tell stock holders.... that they are going to increase earnings!
I would wait and see what the actual data shows in a few more months. Also hopefully they will have a delta specific booster as that is the biggest issue in USA right now.
I hope you realize that the point of the vaccine is not simply to make your body produce antibodies now. It is to "prime the pump" so that when your body is exposed to the virus in the future, your T cells can fight the virus and your B cells can rapidly make antibodies to fight the virus. That is the two pronged approach to the immune response to infections (cellular and humoral immunity). Low antibody titers do not mean you need a booster, or the vaccine did not work. Routinely checking one's antibody levels is a waste of time. Yes, I am a physician, but did not waste my time to get the red cross after my name.MiMi said:
I've wondered the same thing. I just had my 6-month-post vaccine antibody test done. I'll get the results tomorrow. If it has decreased significantly from my 3-month level, I'm going to find a location with Moderna and get a booster.
If you are in Texas, antibody testing is free, easy, and tells you if you have antibodies from a natural infection or from the vaccine. https://sph.uth.edu/projects/texascares/
