Eyeofthetiger 0
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@cochise said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1504148) said:@eyeofthetiger-0 said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1504141) said:@nrlsurvivor said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1504138) said:@eyeofthetiger-0 said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1504120) said:@cochise said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1504105) said:@mike said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1504098) said:@eyeofthetiger-0 said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1504068) said:Is the booster shot mandatory?
For the majority not yet, but I think it’s a safe bet that sometime in the future it will be.
I don't think that is the plan.
@cochise if you catch COVID and beat it, NSW Health give you a 6 month exemption from getting the vaccine in writing. Does that mean then the vaccinated will have to get boosters every 6 months? Is getting COVID and having a natural immunity better than the vaccine and boosters?
The difference is negligible but getting vaccinated is better in reducing risk of death or long term illness… Better to think of a booster as the third dose. When the vaccine was originally released for emergency use we weren’t sure what dosage would be needed as it was too early to tell. Turns out we need 3 and in it is hoped that will be all that is needed for long term immunity. There are other vaccinations that require 3 doses which we receive in childhood (I think hep?). Most require 2. Covid needs 3.
For now. We don’t know if COVID will mutate again and evade the vaccines. Then we start again?
So let's not bother?
@cochise isn’t that what happens though? the virus mutates, the vaccines may become in effective and back to the drawing board. The only defence we have then is our immune system