rewa: vaccines - general ....................................................... summary | my riff | details The primary outcome of COVID-19 vaccines is to prevent severe disease, hospitalisation, and death -- not to prevent infection. short-term - humoral immunity. long-term - cellular immunity. immunity sep 2021 https://imgur.com/gallery/nUKhTS5 "Oh your vaccine isn't working because I didn't get vaccinated?! What a stupid thing to say! I bet your seatbelt isn't working because I'm not wearing --" https://imgur.com/gallery/f9mxty4 but Massachusetts 3rd most vaccinated+boosted state Cases doubling every 9 days Cases doubling every 3 days in Boston Record hospital admissions [in every age category] within days Currently 5 deaths/million Will breach 8 deaths/million within days [rivaling WORST in America] -- Salil Statistics @salilstatistics 3 jan 2022 https://mobile.twitter.com/salilstatistics/status/1478039389196500995 . . . . . my riff: 1. Please get vaccinated. Not later, now. Even if you're "young and healthy", even if you have wonderful Ayurvedic/Tibetan/wholstic support, you still can spread the virus to *others*. You can easily hurt *someone else* -- who's not so young and healthy, who can't get vaccinated. 2. And even cause their long-term disability and/or death. And you would never know. You may never have met them or even been aware of them. We all share the same air. The Covid virus is airborne. Covid is not about *you*. It is about *us*. . . . . . details: Breakthrough infections generate strong immunity to Covid-19 variants "People who are infected after getting vaccinated develop a greatly enhanced immune response to variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19, according to a lab study." 17 dec 2021 https://m.tribuneindia.com/news/health/breakthrough-infections-generate-strong-immunity-to-covid-19-variants-study-351448 A third (booster) dose reduced COVID related mortality by 90% compared to 2 doses in study from Israel. Get your booster. -- Vincent Rajkumar @VincentRK 10 dec 2021 https://mobile.twitter.com/VincentRK/status/1469063501402546180 Explained: Why it took 54 years for a malaria vaccine And more about vaccines, and why Covid vaccine was so fast. 19 nov 2021 https://www.indiaspend.com/health/explained-why-it-took-54-years-for-a-malaria-vaccine-788110 What happens when vaccinated people get COVID-19? Less sickness, less death. 26 jul 2021 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/anatomy-of-a-vaccine-breakthrough/619562/ A COVID-19 vaccine reality check Pre-vaccine, but lots of good detail. -- Sarah Zhang 24 jul 2020 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/covid-19-vaccine-reality-check/614566/ Someone told them the sky is falling. https://imgur.com/gallery/6GO1ss7 The Murdoch Strain https://imgur.com/gallery/Zjhug92 Both very funny and also informative. 23 jul 2022 Have you tested positive for COVID-19? This is what happens next. "Unlike the previous waves, where the characteristic symptoms of infection were fever and cough, the second wave has presented with more non-specific symptoms like nausea, abdominal pain and tiredness." Very good, clear details about illness, recovery, vaccination. Geared towards India, but useful anywhere. -- Dr Narayana Subramaniam Head and neck surgical oncologist at Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Bengaluru, India. 24 apr 2021 The Wire Science https://science.thewire.in/health/have-you-tested-positive-for-covid-19-this-is-what-happens-next/ Why vaccine passports are causing chaos "The problem is with humans, not technology." 30 oct 2021 The Economist https://www.economist.com/international/why-vaccine-passports-are-causing-chaos/21805939 People with covid jabs have been less likely to die of other causes "A new study finds a discrepancy, but not an explanation" Same pattern for flu vacc. "However, real-world data is never perfectly controlled. It seems all but certain that some still-invisible difference between people who get the vaccine and those who do not, rather than some unknown benefit of the jab, is to thank (or blame) for the vaccine’s correlative effects." 27 oct 2021 The Economist https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/10/27/people-with-covid-jabs-have-been-less-likely-to-die-of-other-causes ....................................................... -- 0 --