Worth getting a 4th vaccine?

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Re: Worth getting a 4th vaccine?

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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 6:49 am I never bothered with the third, as protection literally lasts three months. By all accounts, natural infection results on much longer protection. I might have gotten it if I knew it would be a different vaccine, but for now I'm just waiting and don't feel the need yet.

Once the dust has settled and it's a yearly shot or something, I'll line up again (if necessary), but I couldn't be bothered with the where/when of the third, let alone a fourth.
got the AZ booster cause of only 50 % + effectiveness of sinophram
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I'll get my fourth shot in a couple of weeks, Pfizer this time. I'd rather continue to reduce my risk than gamble with getting sick.
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timmydownawell wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:26 am I'll get my fourth shot in a couple of weeks, Pfizer this time. I'd rather continue to reduce my risk than gamble with getting sick.
I'm beginning to come round to this kind of thinking. How have you arranged to get it?
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xandreu wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:00 pm
timmydownawell wrote: Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:26 am I'll get my fourth shot in a couple of weeks, Pfizer this time. I'd rather continue to reduce my risk than gamble with getting sick.
I'm beginning to come round to this kind of thinking. How have you arranged to get it?
Near Orussey/Olympic is doing free jabs. If it's been four months since your third, you'll get Pfizer. Walk down the left hand side of this building about 100m:

https://g.page/the-olympia-medical-hub?share
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RikUpgrade wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:14 pm No! Not even 1
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For those who care, 4th doses of Pfizer are available for those who qualify (4 months since 3rd shot) at Intercare Medical Center near Olympia Mall. It's free of charge, and the wait time is less than 20 minutes.

It seems like a good idea to me to take the free upgrade in protection seeing as how I haven't had any issues with the previous three injections.
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i was considering getting a vaccine someday but with all the recent information i’m not getting sny from nowhere .

a whole big boatload of you guinea pigs went out for a cruise fully vaxed and tested before the cruise went out
but came back infected .forget it ..
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To clarify, how long do you have to wait for the first booster?
By the way I know I am asking because it's been such long process and f@ck about in my case, first being refused and then after the first vaccination starting all over again. So up to date I have had 3 Sinovac.
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quite long and involved talk about immune systems and vaccination I had to watch twice to get a reasonable understanding of it..and in between watching had a modrena shot 6 months after my two Sinovac ones ... one interesting thing in the 1950s they made a flu vaccine in 5 months...now it took nearly a year to make the new type
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Little_Vicious wrote: Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:29 pm For those who care, 4th doses of Pfizer are available for those who qualify (4 months since 3rd shot) at Intercare Medical Center near Olympia Mall. It's free of charge, and the wait time is less than 20 minutes.

It seems like a good idea to me to take the free upgrade in protection seeing as how I haven't had any issues with the previous three injections.
Can anyone confirm that this is still the case? I've not had time to go lately but I have a free day tomorrow and am planning on going to get my top up, if it's still available?
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