Ahhhh - I thought the J&J worked differently and.. that a 2nd dose wouldn't provide any more protection/response from our bodies; but I
J&J uses a different technology than the mRNA vaxs.
Whether one poke or two it is still different.
The mRNA vax technology is new and not used in much scale prior with humans. Technically the mRNA technology remains "unapproved" in the way other technologies are.
J&J uses a technology that features in a lot of our vaxs. Some of those
others are one-poke and some are two-poke like the shingles. In many cases a second poke could be taken, but won't do much good and might have offsetting risks.
In getting vaxed there are two numbers to think about:
First - what is the decrease in getting a case of CCP-19 after vax? Bigger decrease is better, but already remember you still can get ill.
Second (and personally more important) - what is the likely severity of my illness if I do get the CCP-19 after being vaxed?
The variant stuff is fairly misunderstood and made scary by the media, as all viruses constantly mutate. Rather hard to get one's head around the scale of mutation that happens. Some mutations neuter the virus - where it sort of loses it mojo over time. And yes some kick it up. The media tells you about "increasing the gain" of viruses. That GoFR stuff (Gain of Function
Research) which in simple terms curates and cultivates virus mutations to
meet goals.
In many cases acquired or vax immunity have a wider effectiveness than the specific variant the immunity was built on. That is why we get one poke for many of diseases we vax against rather than lots of jabs for ever small
variant that mutates out.
When the facts are incomplete and our understanding even less, it is not surprising that we end up fearful and confused.
All best,
Steve
Whitelaw, WI
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