Fast_Blueberry_4043 t1_j0lqj9f wrote on December 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM

Reply to comment by Kyomujin in The new omicron boosters are very effective at preventing seniors from being hospitalized with Covid. The latest omicron boosters are 84% effective at keeping seniors 65 and older from being hospitalized with Covid-19 compared with the unvaccinated by Wagamaga

My doctor refused to give me paxlovid when I had covid, as I was 64 and there were "questions about the side effects of the drug." It would be great if physicians would get educated about the resources available now, too.

mybrainisgoneagain t1_j0mcndu wrote on December 17, 2022 at 7:30 PM

Seriously!!!!

Total contrast for me. Have a doctor friend that doesn't know my age. Was speaking with them just casually. Thinking about going to a large event. I am vaxxed and boosted and will mask. But I have a couple comorbidities What happens if I get Covid? Paxlovid was mentioned as a possibility ..

Note this was just in a conversation exploring possibilities in a just in case scenario. As knock on wood, fingers crossed, still a Covid virgin.