19-02-2022, 06:10 PM
(19-02-2022, 02:13 PM)C_T_Russell Wrote: Dont take my word for it, Israel has already confirmed it!
Source https://www.ft.com/content/58cfd452-a85e...4a3c89ffc8
What is wrong with their statement though, is that its got nothing to do with the "number" of antibodies!
The vaccine is producing antibodies for the alpha variant! How are alpha antibodies going to recognize a newer variant such as omicron?
You can have all the antibodies in your bloodstream as you like, wont make a scrap of difference!
If 4 shots are not effective, then 3 certainly are not...
Time to drop the mandates and get on with life, 95% of the country is jabbed anyway, on top of it omicron is not much worse than the common cold. Just look at all the hospital cases in the ICU vs delta.
Unvaxxed are spreading it equally as much as fully vaxxed, time to move on and get on with life.
By the time the omicron vaccine is available, it would have long mutated into other strains anyway.
Sorry - the article is behind a paywall. Not really a source I'd go to for medical information anyway.
"The vaccine is producing antibodies for the alpha variant! How are alpha antibodies going to recognize a newer variant such as omicron?"
That's partly true, but there's more to it. There was a good article in pretty much plain English on Medscape a while ago that explained more about how the immune system works and why the vaccine is still helpful even after the virus has mutated. Sorry, but I can't find the article again. Medscape reports medical advances rather than being it's own source.
Bottom line is that it's clear that the booster shot does make a difference.*
"omicron is not much worse than the common cold"
That's because we are all vaccinated. But also doesn't account for the impact of long covid. People with minimal symptoms can still end up with ongoing issues. It's better to not get sick if possible.
"Unvaxxed are spreading it equally as much as fully vaxxed"
Vaccination does help to reduce the spread. And people also need to remember that poor hand hygiene is also a spreader. You may not have the disease, but all the vaccination in the world doesn't stop you spreading it by touch.
* Some real articles:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41423-022-00837-6
"... the booster vaccines induce more effective immune responses against the omicron spike than two-dose vaccination..."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lance...7/fulltext
"... the broad neutralising response observed suggests urgent global action to deliver three-dose vaccination might increase population immunity against current VOCs (including omicron) and help prevent the emergence of new variants...."
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fu...le/2788485
"... receipt of 3 doses of mRNA vaccine, relative to being unvaccinated and to receipt of 2 doses, was associated with protection against both the Omicron and Delta variants, although the higher odds ratios for Omicron suggest less protection for Omicron than for Delta..."