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This is my 2nd free issue.

Your posts are wonderful

I am a retired Pediatrician among other things.

I have had my 2 shots and my booster as had my entire eligible family.

As you can tell by seeing this comment I paid my $50.

Stay well and keep up the good work.

I thought Emily Oster's blog about Omicron was also excellent.

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Nov 28, 2021Liked by Katelyn Jetelina

My XANAX!! Thank you 😊

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Dr. Jetelina, I am a public HS biology teacher and I think your excellent explanations (thank you!) would help my students understand this pandemic better and respond to it more constructively. I would like to share posts or portions of your posts with them, with full attribution. What is your policy regarding paid subscribers sharing your work in a public classroom?

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Hi. Your friendly editor here--end of paragraph 3, "Vaccines reduce an incredible aMouNt of transmission too." Keep fighting the good fight--you are helping save lives.

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thank you! You have been / are a light in all this. My daughter's second shot was today (it helped to read you vote not delaying on those second shots for the 5-11 set. I was reading some things making me second guess that). Just when we parents exhaled a bit, Omicron made us inhale again but it is good to hear some concrete analysis and things to do in this moment (and a tiny bit of hope/ reassurance, too). THANK YOU for all you do. This work - making science and health info accessible / digestible is important, hard work. we are grateful.

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Hi, it's me again. The person who keeps asking about under 5 vaccination. Seeing as half of the under 5 age group can't even wear a mask for protection, is there any conversation about expediting vaccinations for this group with this new variant? Or at least allowing off label vaccinations so that parents have options?

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Just wanted to thank you again for your efforts. We grandfathers have a lot to worry about and straight info is pure gold. (Give your kids an extra hug from me.)

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I just received a Pfizer booster on top of my two AstraZeneca shots, as I am in the age group (60-64) that got AZ early once some rare side effects were seen. I have reached out to one research group I know to offer my blood for antibody analysis and have been surprised how little interest there is for samples like mine for research into mixed antibody response. Any suggestions? Anyone want a tube of blood (lol)?

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Please appeal to your followers to donate to Gavi (Covax). Everyone who would have been happy to pay for their shots should sponsor someone, somewhere, who doesn't have access.

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Can you do a review of the data on the vaccine and fertility, especially if there is any data on fertility effects among women with PCOS? The response from the community in this area has been extremely lacking. "There is no evidence" is a weak statement, especially when confounding factors like PCOS have been ignored for so long in other aspects of Covid response. Can you walk us through the data?

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Thank you so much for all your work! I have a question that I have not seen answered anywhere. Is any country tracking breakthrough infection rate after full vaccination plus booster? Or breakthrough infection rate after recovering from covid infection before vaccine available /then vaccinated? I don't see it being tracked in the US, but maybe somewhere else has this data? Obviously talking about Delta at this point, since Omicron it is too early to know. Thanks if you can address this question in future newsletters or point me to the data.

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Q498R N501Y S477N in #omicron are very scary!

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100 days to rollout of Omicron specific vax. How much shorter for the already existing Beta vax, I wonder? A few weeks, perhaps?

Question. Even if Omicron has lower R0 than Delta, it could still be predominant in vaxxed population if neutralizing immunity against Omicron is significantly eroded. No?

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Thank you for all your great words and hard work. WIth your family, 9-5, and the YLE legions, it is a lot of work to keep us as well informed as you are doing. I have been following you for a while and I thought it might be a good idea to re-subscribe. Is there a way to re-subscribe?

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A friend told me about your "blog" and I am so happy I took the advice and I am following you. THANK YOU so much for doing this, it is so hard to find good information that is unbiased. Honestly, I could just hug you. I got my booster shot today and I feel good.

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Long time follower but today’s update was soo good. Couldn’t not subscribe any longer if only to say THANK YOU for doing what you are doing. You are saving lives.

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