Why? What is the value to mom? Why not just let mom tell her primary care doc at her next appt?
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Wouldnât telling her primary care physician be sufficient to get it into her medical records?
I got my 3rd dose of Pfizer last week. Didnât feel so good for 24-36 hours. Letâs hope I develop antibodies this time. My doctor at cedars-sinai said they are seeing a 50% increase in T cell response. Boosting my t cells is better than not. 
Oh the fun us immure compromised people are having âŠNOT. Please mask up and do your part not to spread it to people like me.
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They gave me a brand new card
I had to give my vaccination card to my doctor in order to get this information into the system. I would think that honor system doesnât work with medical record. They need actual card.
My 90 yo mother had her 3rd vaccine on Tuesday, which she had registered for online a week or so prior. When she gave her card to the pharmacist to add the information, he mentioned that her date of birth did not match what she entered on her paperwork. Seems when it was completed with her first vaccine at a mass site, her year of birth was written as 1991, not 1931! She never noticed, my husband who took a picture of her card didnât notice, nor did the person giving her the second vaccine. The pharmacist made her a new card on the spot and filled in her previous dates.
Mom had Pfizer, and while she didnât feel great with the first two, she only had a sore arm with this one.
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The birth date not matching or a different name may be on the card than in the system. My nephew signed her up for the drive thru clinic the first time, and she doesnât use that hospital system. Her first name is Mary, middle name Lou, and sometimes she writes Marylou because she is called that, not Mary L. and never just Mary. He also could have had her birth date wrong too.
Iâm not sure her regular physician can put it into the vaccination record if he didnât administer the vaccine (into her own records, sure). She doesnât see the PCP very often as she has cancer and mostly sees the radiologist as she gets an infusion every 3 weeks. And the surgeon, and the oncologist, and the wound care specialist, and the eye doctorâŠit sucks getting old.
I know sheâs vaccinated. She doesnât go to many concerts or bars that might require proof. She has a cell phone but doesnât really know how to take a picture or pull up a picture to show someone.
The Boston Globe had a headline that Biden had okayed boosters at 5 months. The actual content of the article said he was considering it and was very different from the headline. A lot of us were disappointed.
Youâre right. The Globe didnât do a very good job with that headline!
I have read that boosters will be considered after 6 months in several places.
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In the news stories, the âexpertsâ have been saying to stick with the same vaccine you already had, but other âexpertsâ are saying it doesnât matter which booster you get, that even mixing J&J with one of the others works just fine.
I donât think they are doing studies on mixing (why would they, as the manufactures want you to stick with their product once youâve received it).
Iâm thinking 6 months is best for me.
My PCP was very happy to enter my vaccine info into the system. Yes, I showed her my vaccine card. But that was it. My PCP also didnât administer my yellow fever, polio booster or Hep A vaccinesâŠbut when I showed her my yellow card (where they had been entered by the international immunization clinic doc), she added those as well.
She also adds my yearly flu shot which I usually get at the local pharmacy.
She doesnât have to administer my shots to include them in my record.
I got my 2 doses of vaccine at a CVS. When I went for my next physical last May, I brought my card so they could record the info. Somehow they already had itâI assume some state database sent them the info?
I donât know why the people giving the booster shot couldnât enter the original stuff if anyone can enter it. It was a state sponsored vaccine clinic for the third one, UC Health for the first 2.
For most other vaccines that one gets regular boosters for (e.g. flu, Td(ap)), there is no advisory to try to get the same brand or formulation that one got before.
Indeed, there are some situations where a previous-gotten vaccine formulation is no longer available, or getting a booster with a better vaccine formulation is advised due to poor effectiveness of the older vaccine formulation (e.g. some measles vaccines from the 1960s, the Zostavax shingles vaccine).
Even with COVID-19, incoming international students at some colleges that require vaccination get boosted with one of the vaccines available in the US if they were vaccinated with a vaccine not accepted by the college (usually US FDA or US FDA + WHO authorized vaccines are the accepted list). Of course, some people also get vaccinated after they get COVID-19, which is obviously a different âformulationâ of something that induces an immune response.
Maybe the UK will produce some information. I read that many people (primarily women if IIRC) who received the first AstraZeneca vaccine shot then received a Pfizer second shot because of the clotting concerns.
Thereâs some information about boosters in this lecture. Lots of questions and answers about boosters at the end. He says variant-focused boosters are still in trials with no EUA for them. The Continuing COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Issues and Glimpse Into the Future - YouTube
Booster unanimously recommended for over age 65 (Pfizer):
Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Pfizerâs vaccine six months after full vaccination in people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe Covid-19.
We had Moderna - hoping that will be approved too by my next doctor visit on October 6, which will be seven months.
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But not for age 16-64. Which may not be the news that many in this thread (apparently very anxious to get the extra dose) have been waiting for.
Those at high risk, whether by underlying condition or work, were authorized as well.
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Some Immunocompromised people were approved for boosters in early august Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Individuals | FDA
As of end of August 955,000 boosters had been given.
There are many pharmacies and physicians who will administer a booster, no questions asked. Still not a lot of guidance on boosting moderna and jnj, but as long as thereâs enough vaccine supply and doses expiring at the end of the day, people who want boosters should get one.
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