• NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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    3 years ago

    Don't worry, vaccines are about to expire for basically everyone over 60 in the next 3 weeks and fall/winter respiratory season is coming. We will be so far over a million by Thanksgiving they will have to switch over.

    • Brak [they/them, e/em/eir]
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      3 years ago

      vaccines are about to expire for basically everyone over 60 in the next 3 weeks

      What do you mean?

      • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        After ~6 months they are noticeably less effective, although IIRC it's a drop from like 96% reduction in death rate to 85%. It's gradual too, not instantaneous, again if I'm not misremembering.

        This is the reason they're talking about doing booster shots.

      • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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        3 years ago

        Data from Israel is increasingly looking like vaccine effectiveness goes way, way down about 6 months after your second shot for Pfizer/Moderna. Most US seniors got their second shot in March or early April.