4rewa - vaccines: general info - jan 2022 "New CDC studies have good news for the boosted, I mean up-to-date, bad news for double-jabbed only The good news: Protection from Omicron ER visits is 82% for the up-to-date The bad news: Protection down to measly 38% for non-boosted 6mo after dose 2." But immunity again wanes within months. Thread with links and more info. -- Michael Lin, MD PhD 24 jan 2022 https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1485455755561947138 People's Vaccine β€œTHE PEOPLE. THERE IS NO PATENT. COULD YOU PATENT THE SUN?” -- Jonas Salk The inventor of the polio vaccine, when asked who owned his discovery https://peoplesvaccine.org/ retr 27 jan 2022 Fourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel By 3 times. Also raises resistance to infection by 2 times. 24 jan 2022 Tuoi Tre News https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/international/20220124/fourth-covid-vaccine-shot-raises-resistance-to-serious-illness-for-over60s-israel/65391.html "Looks like Pfizer has pressed as much oil out of that olive as possible. Time for an updated version. They said it would be easy so just do it already https://t.co/Fc18H40gCl" Long thread: discussion about boosters and related; good links. -- Michael Lin, MD PhD 18 jan 2022 https://mobile.twitter.com/michaelzlin/status/1483351398804701187 Compelling data that vaccines are highly effective in preventing omicron hospitalizations & deaths. Washington state. Deaths in 65+ group: 15 times higher in unvaccinated. Hospitalizations in every age group far higher in unvaccinated. Table, link to sourcePDF, thread. -- Vincent Rajkumar @VincentRK 12 jan 2022 https://mobile.twitter.com/VincentRK/status/1481447385276559371 Post Omicron study shows 78% low infection chance in fully vaxed "A study from New York shows that beginning December 13, 2021, once the impact of Omicron became visible, fully vaccinated people showed 78 per cent lower chances of getting infected compared to those not vaccinated. Across the time period of analysis from May 2021 to now, the fully vaccinated population had between 90.2 pc and 97.5 per cent lower chance of getting hospitalised with Covid-19 compared to the unvaccinated. The message is clear – vaccinations are preventing severe disease and death." 12 jan 2022 https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/world/post-omicron-study-shows-78-low-infection-chance-in-fully-vaxed-360685 Does Omicron infection work as a 'natural vaccine'? Here's why it may not ne wise to count on it - get v sick, even die. - infect others. - Long Covid - heightens chance of more variants - immunity is unreliable. 12 jan 2022 https://www.news18.com/news/explainers/explained-does-omicron-infection-work-as-a-natural-vaccine-heres-why-it-may-not-be-wise-to-count-on-it-4648889.html Intentionally catching Omicron is a really stupid idea "Whilst the science of viral pandemics is reasonably solid, given hundreds of years of rehearsals, near misses and medical intervention, the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, by governments, media and the affected populations, has been abysmal." Same points as above article. -- Tim Newton 12 jan 2022 Thaiger https://thethaiger.com/news/opinion/intentionally-catching-omicron-is-a-really-stupid-idea . . . . . Do 75% of All Covid Deaths Involve People With 4 Comorbidities? No. "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not say that all COVID-19 deaths involved people with four comorbidities. The CDC said that a new study found that 75% of such deaths among *fully vaccinated* individuals involved people with four comorbidities. Contrary to the posts above, this study supports the idea that vaccinations are quite effective against COVID-19." 11 jan 2022 Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-deaths-4-comorbidities/ End mass jabs and live with Covid, says ex-head of vaccine taskforce Read beyond the headline -- indicates the opposite. 8 jan 2022 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/08/end-mass-jabs-and-live-with-covid-says-ex-head-of-vaccine-taskforce Covid-19: Fact check β€” how many patients in hospital are unvaccinated? Many more than vaccinated. And deaths are way more. Data and discussion, for UK. 4 jan 2022 The BMJ https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o5 -- 0 --