SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

this article seems to run contrary to everything we're hearing from the white house, cdc, israel, and the vaccine makers
immunity-to-covid-19-could-last-longer-than-youd-think

 

Does the "acquired immunity" from catching covid work? I don't know. I do know that I just finished a long phone call with my depressed Aunt. She just got back from the 6th funeral for covid victims this year. All her friends are anti-vaxxers and all the dead were not vaccinated. She changed her position on vaccines when her neighbor took a month to die early this year. She and her husband sought out the vaccine that week.

She believes that some of the dead had contracted covid early last year, though they were never diagnosed. A common claim was that "when it's my time, it will take me."

So very sad. Everyone I socialize with has been vaccinated and wear the masks as required / recommended. None, not one, has contracted the disease. I'll stick with what works.

 

I'm glad insights have been gained. I have long said that a change of political opinion often mean a painful experience. Sad, it is how our species works.

Bob Wilson

 

Not "everything"....

Interesting that (a) the story came from government funded media and (b) in my browser it came up next to an article entitled: "A Controversial Solution To Menstrual Exile: Building Better Menstrual Huts"

 

that same media has been reporting everything the government has said about boosters up until now.

even on the same day, they had another article quoting fauci, walenski and biden on boosters.

 

it seems that the white house wants to be prepared, and the cdc doesn't want to risk getting caught flat footed if the vaccine induced immune response does not produce required anti bodies.
the difficulty seems to be a an incomplete understanding of the t and b cells role, and measuring their effectiveness when antibody levels go down.

 

didn't even know I had it early last year, but the Red Cross Is Still Loving the antibodies when they take a pint of plasma during donations.
as others say though - ymmv.
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study shows 80% of americans have covid antibodies:
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it wouldn't surprise me if a respectable number of anti covid vaxxers were blood donors, but i have no idea. it isn't as politicized, and you don't have kennedy et al railing against it.
when you look at cases and hospitalizations geographically, it makes sense. herd immunity sounds good, but is difficult to achieve in practice.

we're getting closer though, thanks to red states.

the other thing they mentioned was that most of the study to date is pre delta variant. idk how good those antibodies are at fighting it, but the study continues.

 

don't tell pita

 

do you buy the francis collins criticism?

 

the one in your link

 

michael collins is the chancellor of umass med, common name

 

ah, well, they just want him out. and i'm wondering if they would want anyone out who doesn't discontinue animal experiments.