More adding support for delayed 2nd dose strategy. @mtosterholm + @mlipsitch are supportive. Early calls to consider this (notably op-ed by @michaelmina_lab + @zeynep in mid-Dec) were too quickly dismissed by some, IMO.
It's a race against new variants.https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/02/experts-tout-delaying-2nd-covid-vaccine-dose-us-deaths-mount …
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But where I am, where about half the elderly in the state remains unvaccinated with long waitlists (where they exist) and a very confusing appointment system, the providers are automatically scheduling people for Pf boosters in three weeks. (BUT NO RESOURCES TO TRACK THEM.)
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Sorry to ask this, but have two 70+ and one 95+ family members scheduled for their second Pfizer shot. Might it be better to postpone a week so the dose 1 to 2 gap is longer than three weeks?
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They have an appointment! Take the appointment! I'm glad your elderly relatives are getting a booster. We're discussing trials, need for more data, etc in general. The last thing you want to do is mess with an existing schedule for your family members! Congratulations to them!
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I also read (on the CDC) that it can be plus or minus 4 days either way. So you could take it 4 days early or 4 days late. Unsure about the newer 42 days, but that was never part of the trial. I would go with the initial trial studies.
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