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13. As a senior, I know that my immunity is not what it used to be so both of us

Reply to at140 (Reply #7)

Mon Nov 15, 2021, 10:58 AM

Nov 2021

got the booster and just recently started going to restaurants. Not to the gym yet, though it is getting too cold and icy to walk outside. We still wear masks to the grocery stores.

And covid cases are soaring all around us.

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Since immunity appears to wane after six months, should all of us be getting a new booster [View all] question everything Nov 2021 OP

I wondered that myself but, like everything else with this virus, there are so many unknowns yet Walleye Nov 2021 #1

Yes. dem4decades Nov 2021 #2

Most likely. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #3

Fauci believes we should (link) SheltieLover Nov 2021 #4

How long do the antibodies last for those that contacted the virus and recovered? Does their dem4decades Nov 2021 #5

covid Virus is present in all public places at140 Nov 2021 #7

As a senior, I know that my immunity is not what it used to be so both of us question everything Nov 2021 #13

My wife got the booster at140 Nov 2021 #14

I think you mean wane? NoRethugFriends Nov 2021 #6

Thanks, corrected. question everything Nov 2021 #8

The pharmacy I got my flu shot says with Moderna it's 8 months. IcyPeas Nov 2021 #9

The rest of the world should be getting their FIRST shot, not so much for rich country boosters Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #10

I think they should find a way to I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2021 #11

No. Tomconroy Nov 2021 #12