Three vaccine doses

[stevensfo]

Whenever possible, the drug companies should switch to using real viral particles as vaccine. As with real infections, this will produce a wider antibody response.

It's always a balance - introducing more epitopes means more risk of side-effects from cross-reactions. A wider response is not always A Good Thing. So if you've got epitopes that seem to produce a remarkably good response, then the balance of risk would be against adding more epitopes.

An excellent point, and one that I'd missed!

Steve

[XFool]

Texts received from GP wrt separate appointments in September for Flu and COVID booster vaccinations.

To clarify...

The original text was updated by another, ostensibly an incorrect phone number was included. The second text only mentioned making an appointment for flu vaccination from 12 September, so presently I don't know if the later mentioned appointment (from 25 Sept.) for COVID vaccination still stands or not...

Oops!

GP surgeries in England cancel flu jabs amid shortage of vaccine

The Guardian

Vaccine maker Seqirus wrote to GPs warning of delays from ‘unforeseen road freight challenges’