SamSanuk 127 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Given its been a full year since my last booster, and I have a little trepidation concerning influx of Chinese tourism and a potential Covid-19 surge, I decided to get the free booster vaccine at Nakornping Hospital, which offers the vaccine on Friday and Saturday. 8am to 2pm. Arrived at 9am, and no waiting. Out the door in 30 minutes. Only Pfizer offered. Later, when I looked at my updated Mor Prom online information, some errors were made. Emailed the hospital and within one hour, everything corrected. So….great customer service. 🙏 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celsius 2962 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 This is a 2 year old vaccine. How effective is it against the new variant? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqwakvfr 3267 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Was this the Bivalent Vaccine Booster? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamSanuk 127 Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 40 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said: Was this the Bivalent Vaccine Booster? Don’t think so. My understanding is that they aren’t here yet in LOS, but monovalent mRNA still has value for lessening the severity of C19. https://www.nationthailand.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/40023403 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommers 3329 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Anutin has stated that Thailand will not be acquiring the bivalent because the current ones are "good enough"! In actuality the bivalent vaccines are little better than the originals because they were developed for the Delta variant and we are now on the umpteenth iteration of Omicron, so they offer little more than a marginal improvement against severity not infection. The virus is still a potent reason for vigilance and sensible behaviour but sadly living with Covid has turned into complacency for many. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAppletons 3477 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 1/6/2023 at 3:59 AM, brommers said: Anutin has stated that Thailand will not be acquiring the bivalent because the current ones are "good enough"! In actuality the bivalent vaccines are little better than the originals because they were developed for the Delta variant and we are now on the umpteenth iteration of Omicron, so they offer little more than a marginal improvement against severity not infection. The virus is still a potent reason for vigilance and sensible behaviour but sadly living with Covid has turned into complacency for many. "The bivalent COVID-19 vaccines include a component of the original virus strain to provide broad protection against COVID-19 and a component of the omicron variant to provide better protection against COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant. " https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19/covid-19-bivalent-vaccine-boosters Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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