If you have more than 50 years, the virus experts warn this type of fatigue
This could make people more vulnerable to a COVID infection - here's how.
As we get older, being tired seems to come with the territory. Between responsibilities at home and at work, the stress of dealing withA continuous pandemicAnd the normal aging process itself, there are all kinds of reasons could feel tired. But virus experts sound at the alarm of a particular fatigue type, saying that this could have consequences for people over the age of 50, just want to lie down for a nap of the afternoon. Read it to find out what the phenomenon of fatigue could affect you and how it could affect your health.
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Experts warn that "vaccine fatigue" could keep people over 50 years old to get a second booster.
In an interview, a few hours before the FDA approves the second booster Covid-19 March 29,Stein dress, Corresponding NPR and scientific office publisher, saysMorning edition that "many people already suffer from a" vaccine fatigue ", which can affect theRequest for a fourth shot.
The concept ofThe fatigue of the vaccine is not new-Selon a March study in the newspaperImmunology boundariesHe represents "the inertia or inaction of persons for vaccine information or instructions due to a perceived charge and a professional depletion" and was referenced in pre-dating COVID studies. However, the authors of the study say that the phenomenon has been poorly studied and "we know little about what factors shape the fatigue of popular vaccines". They say that more research is needed to understand what causes the fatigue of the vaccine and how to protect it from "pandemic control and prevention efforts" in light of the continuous threat of VVID variants.
People have spent millions of hours reading on vaccines last year.
If it looks like you spent thousands of reading hours on Covid over the past two years, you may not be too far. theImmunology boundaries The study authors indicate an analysis byThe Economist who examined the most read online news content produced by 7,000 different publishers in 2021. They discovered that people collectivelyPast 43 million hours Read stories about vaccines and 27 million overtime on variants of COVID.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"It is possible that, to avoid the potential or additional stress caused by the media reports on Covid-19 vaccines, people could develop a passive attitude towards the news of the vaccines and the shots themselves, in the form of 'avoidance of vaccine communication and in turn., the fatigue of the vaccine, "the authors of the study write.
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Three-quarters of eligible people for the first booster have already had it.
The KFF Covid-19 Vaccine Monitor has followed the attitudes and experiences of the public with COVID vaccines since 2020.Ashley Kirzinger, the director of the survey methodology for the Family Foundation Henry J. Kaiser, said three-quarters of people who are eligible to get the first boosterI already had it. As for the quarter of people who are eligible to be stimulated but have not yet been, she said there was "a lot of reasons why people say they did not do it." So, what could people convince to get this booster - and now a second booster on the line?
"We are in this strange time right now," said Kirzinger. "Some people talk about it as an end of a pandemic, and some people speak like a pandemic, we have just lowercase accounts ... if people do not see the virus as a major risk, whether They know a lot of people who have been sick or think they are protected enough from the majority of the vaccines they currently have, we were also expecting what they would probably be less enthusiastic. 'get additional doses. "
Those over 65 and people with underlying medical conditions are more likely to benefit from another booster.
Some experts think it may not be crucial for all those who are eligible for the second booster to do it right away.John Moore, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College, told NPRMorning edition When they are completely vaccinated and otherwise healthy, 50-year-old people probably do not need another stroke at this point. "It's badly advisable to do it too often," he said. "A dose a day does not keep the doctor away."
Whether or not they are healthy people in their 50s need to rush and get their next reminder now, expertsare Exhort two groups of people to obtain it as soon as possible. The Booster "is particularly important for the aged 65 and older and older and older with underlying medical conditions that increase their risk of crowded Covid-19", " Rochelle Walensky , MD, Director of Disease Control and Prevention Centers (CDC), said in a statement. This includes people with cancer, diabetes, Hypertension and several other conditions you can find indicated on the CDC website.
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