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Three things to know about the long-term side effects of COVID vaccines

https://www.uab.edu/news/health/item/12143-three-things-to-know-about-the-long-term-side-effects-of-covid-vaccines?fbclid=IwAR3hqM8e5tUXhUT-e8kb6tji2yNsIE92SpJ2OR4EwQ2QHnHMgrW8kt3yqoM

Unlike many medications, which are taken daily, vaccines are generally one-and-done. Medicines you take every day can cause side effects that reveal themselves over time, including long-term problems as levels of the drug build up in the body over months and years.

“Vaccines are just designed to deliver a payload and then are quickly eliminated by the body,” Goepfert said. “This is particularly true of the mRNA vaccines. mRNA degrades incredibly rapidly. You wouldn’t expect any of these vaccines to have any long-term side effects. And in fact, this has never occurred with any vaccine.”

The long term effect is that, conversely, the vaccine wears off, roughly at about 8 months(?), as we’re now learning, which is why we’re suddenly seeing the gallery of Fauci/CDC/White House promote boosters, starting for those with “compromised immune systems” and possibly expanding into various mandates we’re already seeing mandated to attend Raiders games or keep your job as a Public Health worker in California.

For those unconvinced to get vaccinated, I can see this brewing subject of boosters yielding further reluctance under the rationale of: “What’s the point of getting vaccinated if boosters will be required every year anyway? Might as well take my chances since I’m already behind the curve.”

As I saw posted by a cynical news commentator yesterday: “With the ‘recommendation’ to get booster shots (soon to be a mandate) there is effectively no such thing as ‘fully vaccinated’ anymore. There’s just vaccinated…for now.”

CDC: COVID-19 booster shots recommended for all after 8 months

The plan calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

WASHINGTON —  U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines' effectiveness is falling.

The plan, as outlined by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other top authorities, calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The doses could begin the week of Sept. 20.

Health officials said people who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine will also probably need extra shots. But they said they are awaiting more data and have yet to work out a plan.

The plan is still awaiting a Food and Drug Administration evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of a third dose, the officials said.
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n a statement, health officials said it is “very clear” that the vaccines' protection against infection wanes over time, and now, with the highly contagious delta variant spreading rapidly, “we are starting to see evidence of reduced protection against mild and moderate disease.”

“Based on our latest assessment, the current protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death could diminish in the months ahead,” they said.