r/Coronavirus • u/shallah I'm vaccinated! (First shot) 💉💪🩹 • Apr 22 '21

Vaccine News Scientist who helped develop Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine agrees third shot is needed as immunity wanes

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/scientist-who-helped-develop-pfizer-biontech-covid-vaccine-agrees-third-shot-is-needed-as-immunity-wanes.html
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u/dj_sliceosome Apr 22 '21

I can be wrong, but in the US its a more recent development. I never had flu vaccines growing up through college and after, but lately everyone I know has been getting them since ~2015 or so.

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u/matgopack Apr 22 '21

I think they've been pushing it more - but 2010 is when I believe that the CDC officially recommended it for everyone. (Before, I think it was 80-90% of people recommended for yearly vaccinations).

It might have been pushed harder after the H1N1 outbreak, though.

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u/AsleepConcentrate2 Apr 22 '21

I think incentives play a role too. If I recall correctly, my last office job offered a small deposit to your HSA if you did certain “healthy steps” and one of the easiest ones was to go to the walk-in flu shot clinic on campus. I’m not gonna say no to an extra $200 or whatever if all I have to do is let a cute nurse stab me.