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1. With the BA.2 wave here in MA, it is worth asking what the @CDCgov "community levels" tells us to do, when it will tell us to do something different, and what this means. I'll look at Suffolk County, which includes Boston. 🧵— Jon Levy (@jonlevyBU) April 15, 2022

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1515074816801398791.html

Hospitalizations doubled in MA and current CDC risk level is “medium” with proposed measures being talk to your doctor about wearing a mask if you’re immunocompromised

Nobody could have foreseen this

  • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Kind of a tangential question, but aren't we reaching a point where the effectiveness of the boosters will start to decrease too? Shouldn't another round be getting pushed out soon?

    • Mother [any]
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      3 years ago

      Really tough to say since there’s no information out there. Immunity is declining for sure, and immunocompromised people are cleared for 4th shots I believe. I saw somewhere out there that a 4th shot helps against asymptomatic infection.

      I’d look to see what occupied Palestine is doing. Aside from being genocidal maniacs their government has been on the forward part of the curve when it comes to immunizations.

      What I want to know is when these variant specific vaccines that could be quickly rolled out the pharma execs touted early last year are going to manifest

      Edit: 4th dose doesn’t seem to do much

      Edit2: only 30% of USians are boosted

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      People actually getting their boosters would help.

      Very few people have actually gotten them. No use pushing a 4th dose (aside from immunocompromised and vulnerable people) if most won't even get the third.

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      3 years ago

      The omicron based variants are also evolving to evade immune response, so we probably need an omicron based booster.