Not quite - it’s not very effective against infection (symptomatic or not) but will give some protection against serious illness and/or hospitalisation.
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Does anyone have any links to info about the effectiveness of the existing vaccines over time and against Omicron, particularly in the younger population?
I’m all for boosters, but I’m still planning to get mine at around the 5.5 month mark (so late Jan). Everyone needs to make their own decisions on these things, and I’ll happily change my mind if there’s significant benefit to society and myself to getting it early.
Why specifically this time frame?
Gotcha! Fab thank you 
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Travel. I’m back and forth quite a bit and most of the EU view your vaccine as being valid and effective as long as it’s within 180 days.
The EU might change their view. I’ve seen the medical community watching the UK and USA booster roll outs with keen interest.
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Ah fair enough, so very carefully planned for your situation! I get that.
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I’m currently immunocompromised, otherwise I’d jump at getting my booster.
My wife has had hers though, to try and protect me.
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Same here. Managed to get mine tomorrow morning after a couple of refreshes.
Yeah that’s very possible, and if my hand is forced, fair enough I’ll go for it early.
This just seems like a huge gamble from the government and I’m not entirely convinced the data is there to support it, but hey, I’m not the expert here!
There’s been some positive results from the booster programme so far. So I don’t see it as a gamble overall but I also totally get carefully deciding when you get your booster.
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Given what was announced, yes. But it was, in addition, a message to his potential rebellious back benchers. I don’t think it merited an address to the nation.
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Delta, not Omicron. And second dose, not booster. But:
Doctors and scientists I know all said that because of the greater risk from the new variant, it was better to have another dose sooner even it it was less effective, because having some protection against the variant was better than no second dose.
Haven’t spoken to any of them this time around yet, but suspect the same principle applies.
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Got my booster on Friday and it’s taking longer for my arm to stop hurting. Apart from that all good
I think a lot of this rebellion could probably have been avoided if normal parliamentary procedure had been followed instead of relying on emergency powers.
Pandemic or not, disregarding the correct protocol will only lead to dissent.
I guess this is where we need to see some concrete data, because you’re not starting at a baseline of no protection this time around, but I don’t doubt that you’ll have ‘more’ protection with the third dose. I guess the question is how soon is the third dose needed for different portions of the population.
What will be really interesting this time around is the unvaccinated who start with no protection. There are still A LOT of them about for the virus to infect, I’m not sure today’s message addressed them at all?
I think by now, no matter what the messaging is, it’s not going to change the mind of those who have not been vaccinated.
Is it just a sore arm or are you feeling ill at all?
I was thinking this this morning. I would be interested to have any hospitalizations split between vaccinated or not.
Just sore. It took until last night before I could lift my arm because of the pain but I’ve got most movement back now. Decorated the Christmas tree earlier without a problem
2nd dose of Pfizer and I was ill for a week, could hardly get out of bed. Moderna booster on Friday and possibly a bit more tired than usual, but that’s probably the crappy weather
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