Consider the case of an 18 yo male who has had 1 dose of an mRNA vax against COVID and had PCR+ COVID in late 2020. He is concerned because a friend had myocarditis from vaccine and does not want to take 2nd dose. College/work mandates he take second dose are:
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Let's make it even more interesting. He is a fit, division 1 NCAA athlete with a chance at playing professional ball. Myocarditis could mean end of his professional sports aspirations. Now are vax mandates from his college:
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Replying to @venkmurthy
Is the assumption that college athletes don’t get COVID? Cause they do, and it causes problems
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Replying to @RyanMarino @venkmurthy
I was also wondering if having a second non-mRNA dose would be acceptable - what about J&J (in the states)?
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Having your second dose be of a totally different vaccine type seems to be a quite reasonable trade-off between the risks of myocarditis and the benefits of vaccination generally tbh - what do you reckon
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Replying to @GidMK @RyanMarino
What are the benefits to this individual? There is one benefit for sure in that he then complies with his school mandate. But is there a meaningful reduction in risk of transmission compares to a kid who didn't have COVID and got a single dose J&J? If not, what is the point?
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Replying to @venkmurthy @RyanMarino
Why is that the comparison? I'm confused. My point is that this might be a good balance of risk and benefit in this example Also, I'm not sure I get why I would defend arbitrarily enforced rules of hypothetical colleges, there will always be exceptions to any blanket rule
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Replying to @GidMK @RyanMarino
Agree that the rules around these mandates are often quite arbitrary! We have seen kids get licensed vax from their home countries be forced to revax for e.g. Still don't see much benefits though. Care to cite some data?
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Gotta say, I'm not aware of any data on infections in this very specific group, so it's hard to weigh the risks accurately
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