Yes, and they are holding up better. There was one study that found antibody production peaked with an 8-week interval between shots, but the cellular immunity was slightly reduced. We did my ds's at 9.5 weeks and now I am wishing I'd done mine at 8.

Our state health department tracks doses of each. Check yours. We have 3.25 million doses of Pfizer, 2.38 million doses of moderna, and .24 million doses of j&j. We got Moderna first so most over 65 and healthcare workers got that plus they have had a longer average elapsed time since vaccination. ETta: I only know J&J breakthroughs irl, so that is really saying something. Glad I didn't get that one.

You could probably look the anecdata with people who were previously infected and then received two doses of vaccine. I think there was a poll back in the day that separated it out for previously infected people. Iirc, the second dose was the same or better for most people who were previously infected.

Veritas press has some algebra 2/trig left. I used my algebra 1 manual enough to make it worth the price that I paid last year, but I don't see any normal-priced books left. You could possibly get the math without borders bundle that includes the video solution manual to most even problems. Or, if you are ok with just doing odds for daily work and just need tests with answers, you can purchase the plans from Kolbe that includes tests. If you generally like the Foerster book, you might want to look to see how much a Dolciani combo would be. You can sometimes find TM or solutions for older editions on library archive.

Dh had another co-worker test positive. He tested because he was notified that someone he had gone camping with over the weekend had tested positive. He was vaccinated with J&J at the end of March. 42yo. Completely asymptomatic.

Doesn't the novavax have less demanding storage requirements than the mrna? It seems like it might be a better option for mobile clinics or rual, homebound folks. The J&J seems to be most in need of boosting and was used in those same population s early on.

Same as always: lots of produce, moderate exercise, limited processed food, minimum of 2 hours outdoors per day.

This is the most recent printing. https://www.rainbowresource.com/product/033416/Algebra-I---Student-Edition.html? We actually have the Addison Wesley edition that is in the picture on the cover of the prentice hall version linked above. According to math without borders, only the cover is different.

Where are you buying your KF94s? I want some for my small 8 yo. Is Dr Puri a good choice?

The vaccinated people in my home (me, dh, ods) are pretty much back to normal. My healthy 8&10 year olds are restricted on their indoor activities. For outdoor stuff, we choose only the things that we value and within that we do some things to try to mitigate risk. If my kids don't get infected that's great, but I'm mostly resigned to the fact that they are likely to become infected before they can be vaccinated and just trying to keep the inoculum as low as I can to reduce severity. The rest of us are over masking and distancing as a means to protect people who refuse to protect themselves. I don't really care anymore, and I'm sure the immunocompromised would prefer to be able come back out sooner (letting it tear through the unvaccinated who aren't masking/distancing) rather than drag this out 9 more months. I do think school without masks will be bad, but the parents here here have had their way and they don't want masks. Glad my kids aren't in school. I feel for the kids who are immunocompromised, but again, get it over with so they can get back in the classroom sooner.

I can't believe the New York mandate will stand up once it's challenged. It discriminates based on age, religion, nation of origin (maybe they had AZ), and hiv status just to name a few. Plus, someone who has recovered from a confirmed delta infection ought to be able to use that to get in. Failing to allow for that gives the appearance of being in bed with big pharma.

@KSera that info from the states is helpful in visualizing it. I noticed Arizona and Alaska have a considerably higher percentage of the vaccinated getting infected. I wonder if this is due to regional difference in uptake of J&J vs mrna. I wish they would separate that too.

Yeah, you know, I don't really have a problem with needing a booster, and I do think the reduction in hospitalization s and deaths is worth getting vaccinated for most people. I guess what is working me up is the dishonesty of it. It's like the CDC is trying to pretend breakthroughs are rare and we won't need boosters just until we can get all the fence-sitters jabbed. Then they'll be like, oh, we didnt know, this is new data. It's not a good way to win a war against internet conspiracy theories.

Playing up the 88% number from the UK and playing down the 39% number from Israel all the while referring to "very rare" breakthrough cases is BS. Breakthrough is happening in a big way, not a "very rare" way.

It's evidence that it's waning. Most of it is with delta, so they are comparing breakthrough rates for people vaccinated by month. By this, I mean everyone infected in July, for example, is broken down by when they were vaccinated. The highest breakthrough rates are for January vaccinated, then decrease as we get more recent. It's true that the older folks were vaccinated first, so that could confound it a little, but the differences are sharp, and we don't see those differences in hospitalization and death rates. There does exist plenty of other evidence that delta is more contagious, but that is not what this is concerned with. It's a double whammy.

The video linked upthread does a breakdown of breakthrough rate based on when people were vaccinated. There is a clear relationship that strongly suggests immunity is waning. There's also the fact that loads of vaccinated people here in the states are ending up with covid. Prior to delta, that was very rare. These two pieces of evidence don't jive with using the wrong denominator. Frankly, I think the public messaging here is purposely misleading us to focus on the GB numbers and our own numbers. The reality is that we vaccinated at 3 week intervals like Israel, not 12 weeks like GB. Furthermore, vaccinated folks here are mostly not being tested unless there is overwhelming evidence to suggest it, which leads to an under-reporting of our breakthroughs. It's hard to sell the vaccine to young people when there is a good chance they'll need time off work to deal with side effects, and they will probably be infected anyway, so I get the motive (but don't agree with it) for the public messaging. I still think it's best for most of us to be vaccinated, but this is the kind of BS that makes people distrust the government. Eta: sorry, the video breakdown is in the vaccine thread.

To update on my parents: mom took a rapid test (lumira) today that was negative. Sample was taken about 48 hours after symptoms, so idk how reliable that is. There were no rapid test available near them on the weekend or she would have done it sooner.

My dog is kind of picky and regurgitates some of the cheaper foods. She does well on the Petco whole-hearted brand though. We tried a few flavors, and she thinks they are all fine. She also loves the heck out of the honest kitchen grain-free turkey, but I'd like to be able to send my kids to college, so she only gets that on Sundays.

I don't really know. It probably depends on how sensitive the test is and on the individual person. In general, you would expect viral loads to be highest right before symptoms and in the early days of symptoms. I don't know that we have any data on how that works out in vaccinated people, so we are kind of generalizing.

None of us expect that they would still test positive after symptoms resolved, but I guess they are just going to have one of them get tested and assume it is the same for both.

They are both much better this morning; only headaches remain. They decided to just stay home another day or two and skip the drama of testing, which they feel wouldn't be terribly reliable anyway. I guess we'll never know, but I have a feeling this sort of thing is happening a lot with vaccinated people. I think our breakthrough numbers are much higher than the CDC is acknowledging. DH's co-worker has symptomatic covid (positive test Monday night after being at work all day without a mask). He had J&J in January and is in his 50s.

I am sorry for you and also disheartened for my own family. My parents are 66, vaccinated with Moderna in February/March, and both developed symptoms early this morning. They can't get in for testing until tomorrow 😞 I'll update when we find out.

My cousin turned 12 on Sunday and went to get his shot for his birthday. My dd10 has been asking me to lie and say she is 12 so that she can be vaccinated.

what 93% efficacy means, is that out of 100 million fully vaccinated people there will be 7 million breakthrough cases. That's not quite how they calculate it. It's just the ratio of the cases in the control group compared to the cases in the vaccine group, which at 50% coverage would be closer to: for every 100 million infected, unvaccinated people, there will be 7 million breakthroughs. That's going to result in a much smaller number of breakthroughs.I I think our efficacy against delta will end up closer to Israel's numbers.

Right, so then people are like no, I'm going to wait until they offer more...ugh.