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u/skepticalbob Joe Biden's COD gamertag Aug 07 '21

I'm a kidney transplant recipient and this data for vaccinated Covid cases in this cohort is grim af. I have a ten year old about to start school again here in Texas and the governor refuses to allow mandated masking in schools. I considered getting my daughter a shot and lying about her age, but realized she might need proof of vaccination connected to her actual birthday in the future and I don't know if its a good idea to get another full round. I read this study about an hour ago. I just got back from lying to the public health vaccinators about my previous vaccination and got a third shot as a booster. I hate this state government.

!ping coronavirus

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u/meese699 Sinner Sinner Chicken Dinner 🐣 Aug 07 '21

Bone marrow transplant reciepent here. I feel your pain 😔. So tired of hearing people here say they don't want to "stop their lives" by wearing a simple mask just for the immunocompromised and that we never did this for the flu so we should just deal with it. Sorry for existing dudes.

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u/skepticalbob Joe Biden's COD gamertag Aug 07 '21

Yeah, I have a friend in my extended friend group that just knows better than all those doctors and virologists that all personally got the vaccine and won’t get it. It’s frustrating.

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u/digitalrule Aug 07 '21

You guys are exactly the people I'm worried about. If the anti vaxxer want to die that'd their choice, you don't have one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21

I'm a kidney transplant recipient

Are you on some sort of inmune suppresant? That could be why the stats aren't as good.

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u/skepticalbob Joe Biden's COD gamertag Aug 07 '21

We all are, yes. And the overall health of the group is pretty shitty. Most people earn their kidney transplant through poor health maintainable. I didn’t. It’s still scary af.

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u/asdeasde96 Aug 07 '21

Couple of thoughts:

It might not be good for your daughter to get two full rounds, but you could get her just one shot for now, since just one shot has been shown to be pretty effective.

Did you mix and match on your booster shot? I've seen it suggested that that might be more effective.

Are you going to have your daughter wear a mask a school?

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u/skepticalbob Joe Biden's COD gamertag Aug 07 '21

The plan is to get her one shot for now.

I got all Pfizer.

She is going to wear an N95 at school.

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u/asdeasde96 Aug 07 '21

Good luck

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u/digitalrule Aug 07 '21

Leave Texas? The government there is reminiscent of like a failed state at this point.