Will you be taking a booster?

The last official figure I can find are from the hspc reports. The last report only goes as far as December 4. Was expecting an updated one to be released the last few days ( released every two weeks now after the change in report style in November).

No sign of the updated report yet but id imagine it will surely be released by the end of this week.

A detailed icu report was released yesterday but does not include vaccination break down. It does begin from the same date as the other reports so I am hoping they haven't changed again.

Frustratingly, the older report style was easier to read, was released weekly, and they were just one week out of date on the information.

The new style reports are released every two weeks and are two weeks out of date. If the next one is not released until Friday then it will be three weeks out of date.

Boards is almost unmoderated for the last 6 months or so, which hasn't helped.

The result is many threads turn into unreadable crap.

I am really on the fence about the booster. I am late 20s, 4 months double jabbed with Pfizer. Some of my family members getting very upset that I've not booked the booster. I really am a little worried about it, I've taken a lot of vaccines before for various illnesses so that is not the issue. The issue is, none of them require a shot every 3 months. Also, as far as I can see I am healthy, not invincible, but I am double jabbed. Id happily take another vaccine next year, but 3 months? I'm 70-30 not taking it at the moment. Might speak to a GP to convince me.

In the end I'll be forced to take it for travel for work but 9 months is even a bit better than 3.

I had my 2nd jab in June. Due to not being able to drive and being in a rural area I wasn't able to access the booster before the holidays, and planned to get it ASAP in the new year.

Unfortunately despite not socializing at all over the holidays I got covid symptoms Sunday night tested positive on antigen test monday morning.

The other person in my house was away for the weekend and returned on Sunday. We ate dinner sitting next to each other on the couch Sunday evening (just hours before I got symptoms - my throat got scratchy about 10 pm).

They had the booster 2 weeks ago and have no symptoms yet and tested negative this morning on antigen test. Also where I work most of the other people had the booster and none of them have come down with it, and I probably caught it from a customer at work unless I got it at the grocery store as I haven't been anywhere else.

You can make of that what you will, it's certainly no scientific study but IMO it seems getting the booster would have been possibly beneficial and I regret not pushing myself to make the appointment I had which was a whole county over and would have taken me all day 9 hrs in total between back and forth on the bus plus a taxi and waiting around but the ones around me who were close contacts with me that were boosted didnt get it and I did.

Astrazenica is feck all use vs Omicron it seems anyway after a few months according to articles and that's what i had. The dose i got this week felt exactly like the side effects of the 1st jab.

I've just 'recovered' (barely any symptoms but positive pcr) from covid. Got the first two shots over the summer. Probably wasn't going to get the booster unless I absolutely had to anyway (family wedding in April there'd be war if I missed over no covid cert) so luckily I'll now be able to avail of a recovery cert for the first half of the year at least. No booster for me!

Why? He's not a medical Dr. He's got a PhD in education, it's embarrassing to pass yourself as a "Doctor" if you're not an MD.

Whether he is a medical doctor or not is conveniently left hanging and you have to dig it out as against the clarity that is John Campbell PhD. Some love him, some dislike his contributions for a variety of reasons so it's fairly pointless defending him as you are. If you post his videos there is every chance someone will make a negative comment about them. It's the way of the world!

I got my booster December 23rd, completely wiped me out over Christmas and my 16yr old got hers on Wednesday, and she's the same, currently at home in bed!! But still glad we have it.

we've been lucky so far in both my office and my household, as nobody seems to have caught covid yet!! But it seems to be rampant at the minute, and anyone I know who caught it and is boosted said it was just like a bad cold, those who weren't boosted had it a bit tougher.

Updated Covid travel certs to be issued this week (rte.ie)

In a tweet, Minister Stephen Donnelly said that the European Union is applying a maximum of nine months validity to certs "based on a completed primary vaccination course".

The new EU regulation on travel takes effect from 1 February.

The minister also said that people can request a Digital Covid Cert of recovery if they have recovered from Covid-19 in the last six months.

@Igotadose

New Pfizer drug and ivermectin

That video was fact checked on FB by journalist and he responded with fact checking who was doing it.

Alternative facts

Not getting into arguments over Doctor credentials for none GP's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_(title)

Today's figures from HSE - unvaccinated remain at higher risk of ICU.

Predominantly Delta in ICU and based on the fairly steady pattern of COVID ICU cases they need to be there for COVID.

I think it is fair to say that most people who observe someone giving medical information or advice whilst referring to themselves as “Dr”, would assume they are a Dr of medicine. And I suspect when Eddie said “look at his credentials”, he assumed the same, I’m not sure being a retired nurse carries the same credential gravity as medical Dr when discussing Covid. Of course I could be wrong, Eddie may well find Dr John’s credentials impressive.

This reminds me of one of my favourite scenes in The West Wing where a Dr is less than honest about qualifications to give medical/psychological advice.

https://youtu.be/Q1qkU2v_BhY