03 Aug 21
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/05/993882203/giving-2-doses-of-different-covid-19-vaccine-could-boost-immune-response
Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response
I've already received the Pfizer vaccine, I plan on getting the Moderna shot...but, I'm not sure how safe this may be. From what I've read so far, there may be potential risks (mostly if taken too soon after the initial two doses, roughly before 8 weeks), but most sources seem to say it's okay or even a good idea to do.
Thoughts? And has anyone here gotten or plan to get get double vaccinated?
04 Aug 21
@vivify saidyou need to get a life outside this message board
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/05/993882203/giving-2-doses-of-different-covid-19-vaccine-could-boost-immune-response
Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response
I've already received the Pfizer vaccine, I plan on getting the Moderna shot...but, I'm not sure how safe this may be. From what I've read so far, there ma ...[text shortened]... en a good idea to do.
Thoughts? And has anyone here gotten or plan to get get double vaccinated?
04 Aug 21
@vivify saidAlthough, technically, you’re asking for special category data under the GDPR, I’ll answer for you:
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/05/993882203/giving-2-doses-of-different-covid-19-vaccine-could-boost-immune-response
Giving 2 Doses Of Different COVID-19 Vaccines Could Boost Immune Response
I've already received the Pfizer vaccine, I plan on getting the Moderna shot...but, I'm not sure how safe this may be. From what I've read so far, there ma ...[text shortened]... en a good idea to do.
Thoughts? And has anyone here gotten or plan to get get double vaccinated?
Unless it is Jansen (and even that’s gonna be double shot at some point) the main covid-vaccines are all double-shot. And until you’ve had the second shot, you’re not properly / completely immunised (for so far as it goes). And even then it’s not 100% effective until 2 weeks after the second vaccination.
I’m doubly vaccinated with Pfizer.
1 week after the second vaccination somebody I knew tested positive. So, I got tested and was positive as well. Completely asymptomatic.
So, now in my covid-passport-app my QR code states that I have been vaccinated or that I’m declared cured until January 22nd. The read-out won’t tell you which.
If in 12 weeks I get another test, the new QR code will tell you that I’m vaccinated or that I’m cured or that I’ve tested negative.
The reason it states “or cured” is because for 12 weeks a test will show me positive (the virus will still show up in the test, but I can’t pass it on to anyone anymore).
As for changing the second vaccine:
The health organisations have concluded, based on tests in the UK, that if you’ve had AstraZenka it is safe and effective to take Pfizer as a second vaccine.
As far as I know there is no data on swapping vaccines when your first shot was something else.
04 Aug 21
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So maybe I'm misunderstanding what "double vaccinated" means. I thought it meant to get the double shot from one vaccine (like Pfizer) then get another double shot from a different vaccine (like Moderna). Because these vaccines technically aren't complete unless you get both.
I already got both Pfizer shots; I was wondering if it was worth getting both Moderna ones as well, since this new COVID variant can still affect people who've been vaccinated.
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04 Aug 21
@vivify saidYou would probably be better off asking someone who is an experience professional in medicine, such as your doctor.
I already got both Pfizer shots; I was wondering if it was worth getting both Moderna ones as well, since this new COVID variant can still affect people who've been vaccinated.
04 Aug 21
@vivify saidNo. That does not give you any more benefit.
So maybe I'm misunderstanding what "double vaccinated" means. I thought it meant to get the double shot from one vaccine (like Pfizer) then get another double shot from a different vaccine (like Moderna). Because these vaccines technically aren't complete unless you get both.
I already got both Pfizer shots; I was wondering if it was worth getting both Moderna ones as well, since this new COVID variant can still affect people who've been vaccinated.
04 Aug 21
@shavixmir saidActually, there's some evidence that it may do.
No. That does not give you any more benefit.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01805-2
Mixing COVID-19 vaccines is emerging as a good way to get people the protection they need when faced with safety concerns and unpredictable supplies. Most vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 must be given in two doses, but multiple studies now back up the idea that mixing the Oxford–AstraZeneca jab and the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine triggers an immune response similar to — or even stronger than — two doses of either vaccine.
Results announced on Monday 1 by a UK group suggest that the combination sometimes outperforms two shots of the same vaccine, and a similar picture is emerging from German studies.
The whole article is worth reading.
04 Aug 21
@teinosuke saidThis refers to getting two total doses. I was wondering if there was any benefit to getting four doses (two from Pfizer, two from Moderna).
Actually, there's some evidence that it may do.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01805-2
Mixing COVID-19 vaccines is emerging as a good way to get people the protection they need when faced with safety concerns and unpredictable supplies. Most vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 must be given in two doses, but multiple studies now back up the idea that mixing the ...[text shortened]... e, and a similar picture is emerging from German studies.
The whole article is worth reading.
04 Aug 21
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@mercury saidYeah, you're right. But if it turns out there is a benefit to being fully inoculated by both, it's worth sharing. That's why I wanted to talk about it on this forum, since the Delta variant is crushing it.
You would probably be better off asking someone who is an experience professional in medicine, such as your doctor.
04 Aug 21
@vivify saidI expect that by September (maybe October) we'll see people getting a third dose of the same they took the first two of. One booster should be enough.
Yeah, you're right. But if it turns out there is a benefit to being fully inoculated by both, it's worth sharing. That's why I wanted to talk about it on this forum, since the Delta variant is crushing it.
04 Aug 21
@dood111 saidLOL…but they cheerfully gave it. Damn what a bunch.
I think asking for medical advice from this lot is really retarded.