Monday’s Wall Street Journal has an article “Vaccine Efforts Turn to Seniors” that states that experts are worried that vaccines in development against covid-19 might work for the young, but be much less effective in the elderly that really need them.
There are more than 100 covid vaccines in development, and 12 presently in the early stages of testing, so let us hope some will work for older adults.
In influenza vaccines the working dose is increased 3 to 4 times for older adults. Some vaccines are given with an unrelated chemical called an “adjuvant” to further stimulate the immune system.
After getting a vaccine, exercising that same day until you are very tired seems to stimulate the immune response and boost the effectiveness of the vaccine.
