Hey Jon
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wrote on 7 May 2021, 14:57 last edited by
The theory is that two different vaccines is a bit like showing your immune systems two different profiles of the same face. It made sense to my totally uneducated brain, but those damn doctors probably know better.
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wrote on 7 May 2021, 15:02 last edited by
Well, they just thought that, since the Pfizer response is dose dependent, it would be the most straightforward way.
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Well, they just thought that, since the Pfizer response is dose dependent, it would be the most straightforward way.
wrote on 8 May 2021, 02:56 last edited by@jon-nyc sending positive thoughts (and antibodies) to you!
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wrote on 8 May 2021, 03:08 last edited by LuFins Dad 5 Aug 2021, 03:09
The good news is that you can sell the extra Vaccination Card on the black market for good $$!
Seriously, thoughts and prayers are with you!
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wrote on 11 May 2021, 14:57 last edited by
Hopkins' summary of second shot data is out in Jama today.
Summary: the percentage of people showing an antibody response jumped from ~15% to ~54%. Though the response levels were quite a bit below immunocompetent people.
All in all decent news, and gives me hope for my 3rd shot.
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@jon-nyc , just curious if there's been any more optimistic development with regards to your antibody response or T-cell memory or whatever. How has it been since the 3rd shot?
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wrote on 21 Jun 2021, 02:44 last edited by
I’m sorry to hear that jon.
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wrote on 21 Jun 2021, 03:52 last edited by
Well, crap.
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wrote on 21 Jun 2021, 09:32 last edited by jon-nyc
Tuesday I go to my friend’s lab at Columbia and she’s going to test for T cell response and check actual antibody titers, neither of which are offered commercially from what I can tell.
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wrote on 21 Jun 2021, 11:30 last edited by
How do you handle things in the meantime? N95 and gloves?
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wrote on 21 Jun 2021, 12:17 last edited by
Wish I could give him a few. I ran mine yesterday and they were almost 10,000 units. Positive is over 1000. I ran them on an Atellica IM platform. It's a total antibody test, so may not be as good as Jon's friend's test. Does have the advantage of ten minutes box time.
I don't think docs utilize the test as much as they need to, especially in older, vaccinated patients. But that gets into the vaccination/T-cell debate...
