T_R_Oglodyte
TUG Lifetime Member
I'm a vax believer. Had both primary shots as soon as I could, and went in for the booster at first opportunity. I'm over 65 and, disgracefully, carry more pounds than I should. My personal situation is that I largely work at home in an isolated situation.
I spent most of last week at a conference in Asheville. During the conference I was apparently exposed. The conference ended Wednesday evening. I spent Thursday returning from Asheville to Seattle, arriving SEA in the evening. I spent Friday working, prepared dinner, ate with my wife, and helped take care of dinner dishes and left overs. With jet lag, I was fading after dinner, and I went to bed about 8 pm PDT (11 pm EDT).
To that point, no symptoms at all. I awakened about four hours later with a sore throat and a cough, and a temp about 1° above normal. No nasal congestion. I was able to sleep the rest of the night, but in the morning (Saturday, today) I still had the sore throat and cough, and my temp was about 2° above normal.
Home test kit result was negative, but I dismissed that because the home test kits are biased toward false negatives, particularly in the early stages of an infection. So I went for a PCR test, and a couple of hours ago I got a positive result.
Given how mild my symptoms are, I consider this to be a great event. DS #3, who lives with us and is fully vaxxed (with first booster), had a breakthrough infection about six weeks ago that was really nothing more than a cold. Any my symptoms so far are trivial compared with his. So my take so far is that this is good. I'm fully vaxxed, with what is so far an incredibly mild infection. So I get the immunological benefits of an infection layered on top of vaccination. Which is about the maximum protection, and I'm getting it with what seems to be minimal discomfort.
So far, this is actually less discomfort than the relatively mild reactions I had to the vaxxes.
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I attribute the mildness of my current symptoms to the benefits of being fully vaxxed before having a breakthrough infection.
I'm eligible for a second booster, but I decided to defer, My thinking was that the data indicate that the effectiveness of boosters wanes from 6 to 9 months after injection, and perhaps less with more boosters. So why should I get a booster now, when the rampant form of COVID appears to be relatively mild? Isn't it reasonable to consider that some pending mutation will return to a more lethal variant, and, if so, shouldn't I wait to get my next booster until that more lethal variant looms? Also, later this year, there should be boosters that are more targeted toward the omicron variant instead of the alpha and beta variants that are essentially extinct.
I spent most of last week at a conference in Asheville. During the conference I was apparently exposed. The conference ended Wednesday evening. I spent Thursday returning from Asheville to Seattle, arriving SEA in the evening. I spent Friday working, prepared dinner, ate with my wife, and helped take care of dinner dishes and left overs. With jet lag, I was fading after dinner, and I went to bed about 8 pm PDT (11 pm EDT).
To that point, no symptoms at all. I awakened about four hours later with a sore throat and a cough, and a temp about 1° above normal. No nasal congestion. I was able to sleep the rest of the night, but in the morning (Saturday, today) I still had the sore throat and cough, and my temp was about 2° above normal.
Home test kit result was negative, but I dismissed that because the home test kits are biased toward false negatives, particularly in the early stages of an infection. So I went for a PCR test, and a couple of hours ago I got a positive result.
Given how mild my symptoms are, I consider this to be a great event. DS #3, who lives with us and is fully vaxxed (with first booster), had a breakthrough infection about six weeks ago that was really nothing more than a cold. Any my symptoms so far are trivial compared with his. So my take so far is that this is good. I'm fully vaxxed, with what is so far an incredibly mild infection. So I get the immunological benefits of an infection layered on top of vaccination. Which is about the maximum protection, and I'm getting it with what seems to be minimal discomfort.
So far, this is actually less discomfort than the relatively mild reactions I had to the vaxxes.
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I attribute the mildness of my current symptoms to the benefits of being fully vaxxed before having a breakthrough infection.
I'm eligible for a second booster, but I decided to defer, My thinking was that the data indicate that the effectiveness of boosters wanes from 6 to 9 months after injection, and perhaps less with more boosters. So why should I get a booster now, when the rampant form of COVID appears to be relatively mild? Isn't it reasonable to consider that some pending mutation will return to a more lethal variant, and, if so, shouldn't I wait to get my next booster until that more lethal variant looms? Also, later this year, there should be boosters that are more targeted toward the omicron variant instead of the alpha and beta variants that are essentially extinct.
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good that you're recovering