Andy Slavitt’s excellent “In the Bubble” podcast recently featured noted vaccine expert Paul Offit. Some of Offit’s comments:
- Booster doses give you increased protection from serious illness for 3-4 months
- In children, almost all hospitalizations occur in unvaccinated kids
- “breakthroughs” are not mild cases–mild infections are expected and desirable outcomes compared to the alternative (serious illness)
- you are less likely to suffer serious illness having been infected or vaccinated than you are to experience serious reinfections of the flu