Booster needs 2 weeks to be properly effective?

[Wondering5952]

Just that really. I kept hearing you need to wait 2 weeks for protection to be effective with the original 2 doses. Is this the same for the booster does anyone know? Or does it work quicker?

I've read (I can't remember where I'm sorry, so I can't source) that you have a healthy amount of antibodies as early as a week after the booster but that the full benefit comes after 2-3 weeks.

The booster is two weeks to reach optimal levels. It’s incremental though so you have a higher level of protection at one week after than you did three days after.

I believe it's quicker but I don't know where I read that. (I follow a lot of people who seem to know what they're talking about)

That's my understanding too. Not a lot before 7 days but some after 7, rising to much higher after 14 days.

I don't know if google searches work the same for everyone but all I had to type was "when do cov" and it autofilled the rest of my question (which was obvously going to be "id boosters become effective")

www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/covid-booster-vaccine#howlong

Hopefully that will start to happen for everyone during the day

I'd been wondering the same thing and found info on the british heart foundation website, which says it gives good protection after 7 days. Agree with pps though that it's going to be better still after 2 weeks (and obvs all this is probably based on delta rather than omicron, so may be completely outdated now.)

www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/covid-booster-vaccine#howlong

Ha - cross post Sirens!

[quote BeforetheFlood]I'd been wondering the same thing and found info on the british heart foundation website, which says it gives good protection after 7 days. Agree with pps though that it's going to be better still after 2 weeks (and obvs all this is probably based on delta rather than omicron, so may be completely outdated now.)

www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/covid-booster-vaccine#howlong[/quote]
Total cross post @BeforetheFlood

Interesting that not everyone gets the same result, must be something to do with algorithms I guess

@SirensofTitan and @BeforetheFlood - thanks for posting that link. I had my booster a week ago so hopefully the protection is kicking in/building.

Thanks for all the replies. I'm seeing differing things but sounds like it may be slightly quicker at 7-14 days for good protection as opposed to 14+ days for the first doses? I guess maybe we just don't really know for sure yet?

I get 'when does Costco close' and 'when does cod vanguard come out' 😆 I don't even know what that means

@AlexandraEiffel

I get 'when does Costco close' and 'when does cod vanguard come out' 😆 I don't even know what that means

Maybe I do lots of covid related searches and it knows just what I want [gron]