I entertained a similar hypothesis, but I now feel comfortable not including that to a meaningful extent in my decision making.
There’s some evidence against this that I consider significant:
I read ~3 doctors’ takes on this question regarding a third dose; they all thought this sort of potential negative effect was very highly unlikely. At least one of them had a detailed explanation as to why that sounded reasonable to me (I’m not a medical professional), and that made that take a bit more additionally meaningful to me than those takes without explanation.
Anecdotally, I feel like I would have seen more indication that this is a concern in the clinical trials news or in the news regarding those who are receiving / have received third shots, if it were substantial.
The pattern that you refer to hearing about with dangerous kinds of flu has seemed to be the opposite of general covid severity and death patterns by expected immune response (age).
I don’t have a particular likelihood to assign; this is the summary of the evidence I have.
Also, do you think such adverse effects would also be unlikely for a fourth dose? E.g., since third dosers will probably also want to take whatever delta booster comes out
Very helpful, thanks! That alleviates some of my concerns. Do you have any links to the doctors’ takes on this question? I’d be interested to read more about what they said.
I entertained a similar hypothesis, but I now feel comfortable not including that to a meaningful extent in my decision making.
There’s some evidence against this that I consider significant:
I read ~3 doctors’ takes on this question regarding a third dose; they all thought this sort of potential negative effect was very highly unlikely. At least one of them had a detailed explanation as to why that sounded reasonable to me (I’m not a medical professional), and that made that take a bit more additionally meaningful to me than those takes without explanation.
Anecdotally, I feel like I would have seen more indication that this is a concern in the clinical trials news or in the news regarding those who are receiving / have received third shots, if it were substantial.
The pattern that you refer to hearing about with dangerous kinds of flu has seemed to be the opposite of general covid severity and death patterns by expected immune response (age).
I don’t have a particular likelihood to assign; this is the summary of the evidence I have.
Also, do you think such adverse effects would also be unlikely for a fourth dose? E.g., since third dosers will probably also want to take whatever delta booster comes out
Very helpful, thanks! That alleviates some of my concerns. Do you have any links to the doctors’ takes on this question? I’d be interested to read more about what they said.