• 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.