Our fall COVID boosters will likely be a monovalent XBB formula - Ars Technica

[liberal_mama]

9. I wish I could get one, but the mRNA vaccines flare up my lupus & psoriasis. I'm still in a flare

from my 2nd dose of Pfizer. I wish they would come out with a non-mRNA vaccine that one that actually prevents transmission. In the meantime, I just have to depend on my mask and social distancing as much is possible.

However, I do worry that the vaccine gives a false sense of security and people still need to take care to protect themselves.

I have 2 family members, including my dad, who died of Covid despite getting vaccinated/boosted. I think people think that vaccinated people who die of Covid are in their 90s, in frail health, or already in hospice with days to live. Not true. My dad was in his early 70s and had no chronic conditions, was active, and not overweight. So was the other family member (an inlaw), she was on a kayaking vacation when she caught Covid and died from it.