Hospitalizations from "Eris", a variant of the Omicron form of the coronavirus, are on the rise around the United States.

Some public health experts hope that Americans will welcome the new shot as they would a flu jab. But demand for the vaccine has dropped sharply since 2021 when it first became available and more than 240 million people in the U.S., or 73% of the population, received at least one shot.

In the fall of 2022, by which time most people had either had the COVID virus or the vaccine, fewer than 50 million people got the shots.

  • zhunk@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Ouch. I’m glad you talked to a doctor about it.

    I’m gonna get my shots. I haven’t had bad enough effects to matter, so I’ll try to do my part for herd immunity. And I work with too many antivax suburban moms to feel safe, so it’s also for me, lol.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I ended up in the emergency room. lol. So yeah, I talked to many doctors about it.

      Since I can’t get it. The rest of my family is getting it. They have no had any side effects.

      ETA: to be clear, I’m not anti-vaccine. For some reason the booster causes some people to have heart issues. Otherwise I’d get the booster. I’m not worried about Covid killing me. I just don’t like getting sick if I can avoid it.