What would you say to an 88 year old whose recently had a cancer op and is keen to hug everyone inside at a family celebration??

[loveyouradvice]

Just that really ... her house so we can easily ask people if the weather is okay to stay outside, or just be in the sitting room, leaving her other rooms risk free....

What would you do or advise?

I'm so aware her double jab is likely to be beginning to wear off and there are enough of us that the risk is reasonable that someone might have it.....

Let her live her life, whatever is left of it but the guests can do their part by doing a lateral flow test just before coming especially unvaccinated kids.

@Reallyreallyborednow

isn't that partly why they are looking at whether we need boosters

Yes, but unless I’m missing something, the vaccine programme has only been running 8 months. If they’re starting to wear off already then boosters would need to be every 6 months.

That and I don’t think there’s any evidence that they wear off, that is why the research is being done. The boosters are more like flu yearly vaccinations, aimed at new variants in the vulnerable.

The o/p seems very confident the vaccines will be wearing off now, presumably less than 6 months after the second jab. So I’m wondering where this information is coming from.

There isn't evidence that UK vaccines given are "wearing off", but depending on the cancer treatment used there could be an impact for this particular lady, because immunosuppression medications have been shown to reduce the body's responses.