As a lib, I feel really owned.
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Not sure where to put this. A growing number of insurers are no longer waiving OOP costs for COVID treatment.
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Not sure where you’re getting these, but please, keep them coming!
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eh, save them for facebook. I like to think this forumn is a bit more sophisticated.
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Sorry to have to tell you, but…
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I started this thread, over 3000 posts ago. I should still be able to post freely in it, even if some people have tried to hijack it with facts, statistics, and other sophisticated stuff. 
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So I was checking about timing of second doses because someone told me that there is an upper limit on when you have to get the second shot.
Turns out the CDC has a mandate that the second shot occur <= 42 days after the 1st shot.
However, while I didn’t find explicit guidance that the 2nd shot could be given after 42 days after the 1st shot. They do say that if the 2nd shot is not given within the 42 day window that you don’t have to start over on the protocol.
And then there are the studies that say that the astrazeneca version actually seems to work better if the 2nd shot happens 12 weeks after the 1st.
https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/paqsvm/angry_man_walks_into_pole/?ref=share&ref_source=link
talking to red hats…
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My understanding from asking this timing question to our epidemiologist at work is this CDC guideline is largely due to lack of data in the trials on waiting longer.
He said in vaccines it’s typically okay to wait longer, but not okay to do it earlier than recommended.
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Are you new here?
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we’re all kinda new here and it’s TOTALLY different from the ao.
This was the guidance I received for my hep A vaccine. They told me to wait six months before getting the second shot, and I asked if I should aim for under or over, and they said wait at least six months, and up to a year is fine. /anecdote
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SW’s pastes are on-topic.
Many vaccines require a waiting time before a second shot. Often there is also a maximum, where if you don’t get the second shot within a certain amount of time, you have to start over with the first shot again.
But with this one, while the CDC has put a maximum of 42 days after the first shot for the second to occur, if you don’t get the second one within that time frame, they don’t make you go back and start over. Most likely because they have seen the studies from other countries showing that waiting longer actually give a better response to the second shot. But they don’t want to give that out as general instruction because with only one shot the protection is a bit lacking and they want people to get as much protection as quickly as possible.
I’ll have you know my pinky is ALWAYS way up in the air.
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soon to be with a tiara!
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No, they don’t.
Didn’t the UK “experiment” with longer inter-shot times, more out of pragmatism & utility than anything else? Unlike most US states that saved half of their initial supply to have second doses on hand, the UK (IIRC) prioritized getting 1st shots in as many arms as possible.
Yes, but they also collected data. The purpose of their experiment wasn’t a pure search for knowledge, but they did conduct a legitimate experiment.
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