SweetSue92
Diamond Member
Pfizer has a booster, a third shot, ready to go to boost immunity and "fight against variants". The CDC and FDA have already come out to say these are not necessary.
Reading between the lines, I think the gov't agencies know the side effects from the booster will be even more pronounced than from the first two shots, and these vaccines can't afford it. I have never seen people schedule days off work in advance for a vaccine--and then need multiple days off. It seems to me that adding a third to this will just compound the issues, since many people were sicker after the second shot.
Sadly, I also know people who will take the booster no matter how sick the second shot made them. Seems the CDC & FDA know this too. This is what happens when you panic a population. Hard to roll that panic back.
Reading between the lines, I think the gov't agencies know the side effects from the booster will be even more pronounced than from the first two shots, and these vaccines can't afford it. I have never seen people schedule days off work in advance for a vaccine--and then need multiple days off. It seems to me that adding a third to this will just compound the issues, since many people were sicker after the second shot.
Sadly, I also know people who will take the booster no matter how sick the second shot made them. Seems the CDC & FDA know this too. This is what happens when you panic a population. Hard to roll that panic back.
Citing the Delta Variant, Pfizer Will Pursue Booster Shots and a New Vaccine (Published 2021)
Scientists were critical of the announcement, pointing to evidence that the current two-dose regimen is powerfully effective against the coronavirus.
www.nytimes.com