@oralloy,
oralloy wrote:oralloy wrote:I'm going to get my next two boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson if I can.
Then after that, hopefully Oxford-AstraZeneca and Novavax will be approved in the US and I can get them as well.
Since my first two shots were Moderna, that will get me a bit of variety.
Each vaccine challenges the immune system in a slightly different way, so getting a variety of vaccines will broaden my immune system's ability to detect Covid-19.
Ideally I'll rotate through all five vaccines over and over again. That's what I'm hoping to be able to do at least.
I'm modifying my thinking a bit. In addition to rotating between vaccines, I also think it will be best to alternate between "viral vector vaccines" and "mRNA/protein vaccines".
So since I had an Moderna to start, now I should do Johnson & Johnson (as the only viral vector vaccine for Covid currently approved in the US). Then Pfizer-BioNTech. Then Oxford-AstraZeneca (which will hopefully be approved by then). Then Novavax (which will hopefully be approved by then). Then Johnson & Johnson again. Then back around to Moderna. Then Oxford-AstraZeneca again, etc.
Boy! Getting a Johnson & Johnson booster is turning into quite an ordeal. Since I started with Moderna, everyone wants to force me to stay with Moderna.
Not that a pure Moderna regime is a bad choice, but it's not my preferred option.
If you hear something in the news about someone in Michigan being arrested for strangling a pharmacist for not providing a Johnson & Johnson vaccine, you might want to check and see if I'm still posting.
Since mix and match is allowed if your starting vaccine is unavailable, I guess my next step is to call around this morning and try to find a place that doesn't have Moderna in stock.