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a single dose of the COVID vaccine reduced the likelihood of long COVID by 30 percent.

people who’d had three doses of the COVID vaccine were 68.7 percent less likely to develop long COVID

I’m so happy I got my fourth booster a while back.

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people who’d had three doses of the COVID vaccine were 68.7 percent less likely to develop long COVID compared with those who were unvaccinated.

That’s pretty big news.

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That news is 2-3 months old. It’s too bad the news organizations decided COVID is over.

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I guess it depends on where you’re going for news. My local NPR affiliate frequently reports out on regional trends for flu and COVID.

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I’d be interested to see whether this holds for all the COVID variants. Especially since the virus is now endemic and will continue to mutate. Obviously, they’ll keep researching and we’ll see in time.

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The most recent vaccines have a broad scope to protect against multiple variants.

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As a immunocompromised individual. Thank you to everybody who is continuing to get boosted. I love you all

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Counting down the days to #7!! 💉 💉 💉 💉 💉 💉 🥳 🎉

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Woah seven? If you dont mind, what’s your condition that calls for that many?

I’m staying current on flu, but multiple physicians have advised me that the most recent COVID vaccine isn’t applicable for normal, healthy folks

Edit: I’m not furthering an antivaxx perspective here, I’ve had 4. I was curious where in the world, or under what conditions 7 is the current recommendation.

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I’m not them, but I’ve also had 6 shots.

My condition is wanting to minimize the likelihood of passing covid on to someone who is less able to fight it off.

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Whoa wait - I’ve only had 5 and I thought I had all the ones that were offered and recommended for my age group. My most recent was this past September, I guess I should look into when I’m due for #6. Thanks!

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oh yeah well i had all of my appendages replaced with needles so i’m better

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I am now happily married to a needle and started a family of human-needle hybrid children. So. :p

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Isn’t herd immunity an amazing thing?

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13 points

Resistance to a disease for zero effort? I’ll take it.

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Glad I already had 3 shots before I finally caught it a couple of months back. Already got the new booster last Oct as well.

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