{"id":45675,"date":"2022-05-18T14:59:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T18:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=45675"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T18:59:47","slug":"does-the-vaccine-actually-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=45675","title":{"rendered":"Does The Vaccine Actually Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Epoch Times<\/a> posted an article about a recent study of the effectiveness of the Pfizer<\/a>\u2013BioNtech\u2019s COVID-19<\/a> vaccine against the Omicron coronavirus variant.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The protection afforded against the Omicron coronavirus variant fades quickly after a second and third dose of Pfizer<\/a>\u2013BioNtech\u2019s COVID-19<\/a> vaccine, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the JAMA Network.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Danish study published<\/a> in the JAMA Network on May 13 found that there\u00a0was a rapid decline in Omicron-specific serum neutralizing antibodies only a few weeks after the administration of the second and third doses of the vaccine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study evaluated 128 adults who were vaccinated, and of that number, 73 people received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and 55 people received three doses between January 2021 and October 2021 or\u00a0were previously infected before February 2021, and then vaccinated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur study found a rapid decline in Omicron-specific serum neutralizing antibody titers only a few weeks after the second and third doses,\u201d an abstract of the study reads. \u201cThe observed decrease in population neutralizing antibody titers corresponds to the decrease in\u00a0vaccine efficacy against polymerase chain reaction\u2013confirmed Omicron infection in Denmark and symptomatic Omicron infection in the United Kingdom.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The antibody levels, which are associated with protection against future infections, dropped within a few weeks of getting the vaccine doses. They were also much lower than the antibodies specific to the Delta and original COVID-19 strains, according to the study.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Those antibodies (Omicron-specific antibodies) increased with a third dose, increasing 21-fold three weeks after the dose before dropping to eightfold at week four. But with the third dose, antibody levels dropped as early as three weeks, falling 5.4-fold between the third and eighth week, the researchers said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They concluded that it may be needed to provide additional booster doses to combat the Omicron variant, which emerged last fall, primarily among older individuals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, a study from Israeli researchers published<\/a> in early April in\u00a0the New England Journal of Medicine found that a fourth dose, or a second booster, of the Pfizer vaccine, doesn\u2019t offer strong protection.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, these analyses provided evidence for the effectiveness of a fourth vaccine dose against severe illness caused by the omicron variant, as compared with a third dose administered more than 4 months earlier,\u201d\u00a0the study\u2019s authors wrote<\/a> at the time, after analyzing data from the Israeli Ministry of Health. \u201cFor confirmed infection, a fourth dose appeared to provide only short-term protection and a modest absolute benefit.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really think that the only real protection against Covid is actually getting Covid. I realize that the disease can be dangerous for some people, but what good does continually giving shots to people only to receive a short-term benefit do? We have reached the point where most Covid cases are similar to the common cold. Finding a vaccine that will work against all of the variations of Covid is about as likely as finding a vaccine for the common cold. I think it’s time to accept the fact that Covid is now with us forever and simply learn to deal with it without creating a population of pin cushions.<\/p>\n

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