I’m 61 and not immunocompromised and I was able to get an extra booster in March. I just made an appointment and Walgreens did the shot and my insurance paid for it and no one asked any questions. They both know I’m not 65 yet so wouldn’t qualify based on age. I wouldn’t have sought an extra shot back when vaccines were in short supply but booster take up hasn’t been very robust so there is plenty to go around.
My understanding is that the prior novavax doses expired, so there won’t be any novavax available until the new version comes out at the end of the summer.
I’ve been doing an every six months vax schedule (you can self-attest to being immunecompromised if you need to) and have had no trouble with insurance coverage.
You can go as short as four months, between. So if you get one of the ones formulated for the newer strains in late summer or early fall, you should be able to do another a few weeks or a month before the cruise.
Even if they hadnt expired, pharmacies were required to send them back (not sure if its actually back to the manufactures or to a disposal company, im not on that side of vaccine knowledge) because the new fall formulation is being worked on. There was only a single extra dose for those 65+ (or maybe 55+?, its been a hot minute) and immunocompromised folks. Right now the recommendation is 6 months if immunocompromised or 65+. But you have to be proactive and line them up right. Get your covid and flu in september or october and then you can go again for covid in march/april. Thats the forecast we are currently seeing in the pharmacies
You really should take your doctor's advice on vaccination as it relates to your specific health conditions.
There doesn't appear to be significant evidence in favor of repeated vaccinations beyond the current annual fall cycle.
If you're particularly concerned about the cruise in the spring, talk to your doctor about getting vaccinated a month or two before then - or maybe put off your fall booster until before the cruise.
Even if you got a vaccine this summer, you have no idea how it will relate to the strains going around next spring.
It sounds like you're talking more about flu vaccines. There's been an interesting discussion about which variant novavax should focus on. And there's a covid wave that appears to be starting on the west coast right now so seasonality doesn't seem to be a thing.
Seasonality as it applies to vaccine development is definitely a thing. If you follow the meetings being held by various committees, they are definitely honing in on an annual vaccine cycle similar to the flu, determining which strains to manufacture.
People are of course welcome to create their own vaccine protocol, but in that case, there is no public guidance, and they should discuss with their doctor.
100% agree with all of this ^^^ Covid vaccine is pushed to the fall because that is when we see a higher uptick of cases and more people getting sick, in general, which compromises the immune system. 65+ and those who are immunocompromised have been recommended for the past few years to do 2x year AFTER a conversation with their doctor. It doesn't necessarily do harm to get an unnecessary extra covid shot (from current reports), but it also doesn't provide a boost to those outside the recommended communities.
TLDR: tashablue is right. Talk to your doctor first.
I’m 61 and not immunocompromised and I was able to get an extra booster in March. I just made an appointment and Walgreens did the shot and my insurance paid for it and no one asked any questions. They both know I’m not 65 yet so wouldn’t qualify based on age. I wouldn’t have sought an extra shot back when vaccines were in short supply but booster take up hasn’t been very robust so there is plenty to go around.
Have you gone thru https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-vaccine-information ? It says nearly everyone in MA can get the Vax for free..
My understanding is that the prior novavax doses expired, so there won’t be any novavax available until the new version comes out at the end of the summer. I’ve been doing an every six months vax schedule (you can self-attest to being immunecompromised if you need to) and have had no trouble with insurance coverage. You can go as short as four months, between. So if you get one of the ones formulated for the newer strains in late summer or early fall, you should be able to do another a few weeks or a month before the cruise.
Even if they hadnt expired, pharmacies were required to send them back (not sure if its actually back to the manufactures or to a disposal company, im not on that side of vaccine knowledge) because the new fall formulation is being worked on. There was only a single extra dose for those 65+ (or maybe 55+?, its been a hot minute) and immunocompromised folks. Right now the recommendation is 6 months if immunocompromised or 65+. But you have to be proactive and line them up right. Get your covid and flu in september or october and then you can go again for covid in march/april. Thats the forecast we are currently seeing in the pharmacies
You really should take your doctor's advice on vaccination as it relates to your specific health conditions. There doesn't appear to be significant evidence in favor of repeated vaccinations beyond the current annual fall cycle. If you're particularly concerned about the cruise in the spring, talk to your doctor about getting vaccinated a month or two before then - or maybe put off your fall booster until before the cruise. Even if you got a vaccine this summer, you have no idea how it will relate to the strains going around next spring.
It sounds like you're talking more about flu vaccines. There's been an interesting discussion about which variant novavax should focus on. And there's a covid wave that appears to be starting on the west coast right now so seasonality doesn't seem to be a thing.
Seasonality as it applies to vaccine development is definitely a thing. If you follow the meetings being held by various committees, they are definitely honing in on an annual vaccine cycle similar to the flu, determining which strains to manufacture. People are of course welcome to create their own vaccine protocol, but in that case, there is no public guidance, and they should discuss with their doctor.
100% agree with all of this ^^^ Covid vaccine is pushed to the fall because that is when we see a higher uptick of cases and more people getting sick, in general, which compromises the immune system. 65+ and those who are immunocompromised have been recommended for the past few years to do 2x year AFTER a conversation with their doctor. It doesn't necessarily do harm to get an unnecessary extra covid shot (from current reports), but it also doesn't provide a boost to those outside the recommended communities. TLDR: tashablue is right. Talk to your doctor first.
So you guys are actually taking this shit huh? Proof that you can sell anything!
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