XPost: alt.atheism, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics
XPost: alt.politics.republicans, alt.politics.democrats
Cloud Hobbit <
youngblood2949@gmail.com> wrote in news:
dcb83a7f-0f8f-44ec-b32b-e6b276abdfc8n@googlegroups.com:
On Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 6:06:42 AM UTC-7, a322x1n wrote:
"Andrew" <andrew.3...@usa.net> wrote in
news:sfi1jg$q22$1...@gioia.aioe.org:
"Cloud Hobbit" wrote in message
news:97ef2eef-6ddf-48ad...@googlegroups.com...
My wife was recently tested for antibodies
and found to have few antibodies, so her
boss, Dr. Fink, ordered a booster for the Moderna
vaccine she had.
Former "Mr.Universe" dropped dead
6 days after he got the Pfizer "booster".
https://tinyurl.com/myetkhem
He_*was*_a tough healthy man.
But no match for the death vax.
Now gone to meet his Maker.
Get your "booster" folks!
If you are ready for the trip.
Into the great beyond.
There are no excuses for
not getting vaccinated.
AND --> the ~ boosters!
Oh, "Andrew", you're such a liar, and you never stop lying.
He didn't die from the vaccine. He died from a stroke.
<https://www.bustle.com/wellness/covid-19-vaccine-myths-debunked-docto
<https://tinyurl.com/bzy7s7rp
COVID jabs have joined a host of vaccines that have saved millions of
lives, and attracted their fair share of misconceptions. “Vaccine
s have
saved thousands upon thousands of lives over the years, and have
prevented severe disease and disabilities like polio, hepatitis, and
meningitis,” emergency physician Dr. Janette Nesheiwat M.D., tell
s
Bustle. “The vaccine may be our greatest hope to save lives and r
eturn
to normalcy.”
Here are some of the most common myths about the COVID-19 vaccine,
and what doctors want you to know about them.
Myth 1: "The Vaccines Aren't Safe"
With so many pharmaceutical companies competing for millions of
dollars
in government vaccine orders, some may worry that a vaccine might not
be
fully vetted before it's released.
The short answer is that vaccines aren’t allowed to go anywhere n
ear the
public until they’re shown to be safe. “Vaccine developme
nt in the U.S.
follows a very rigorous process to ensure safety and efficacy before
a vaccine is produced and widely distributed,” Dr. Sarin says. COVI
D-19
vaccines had to go through animal testing, three different clinical
trial phases with humans, and regulatory reviews before they made it
to
market. “The FDA will not approve any vaccine unless it is proven
to be
at least 50% effective,” Dr. Nesheiwat says. Both Moderna and Pfi
zer had
to hold off on requesting emergency use authorization from the FDA
until
at least half of the trial participants had had two months' worth of
follow up.
“Many vaccines also have an informal 'phase IV' where researchers
continue to monitor a vaccine for safety and efficacy after it is
approved,” Dr. Sarin says. The teams working on COVID-19 vaccines
across
172 countries will be monitoring their work with the utmost care.
There's also a lot of scrutiny on vaccine producers, even as the
pressure's high to produce one that works quickly. Dr. Teresa
Bartlett M.D., senior medical officer at claims management company
Sedgwick, tells Bustle that several drug makers developing vaccines
for COVID issued a public pledge not to even try to seek government
approval until
they have proof of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine they
are
developing.
Myth 2: "The Vaccine Was Rushed"
“It’s true that most vaccines take years to develop, but
scientists all
over the world have been working since COVID-19 emerged to find a
vaccine,” Dr. Sarin says. “Additionally, many of top cand
idates that
have emerged for a COVID-19 vaccine were not developed entirely from
scratch. Some of the vaccine candidates were already in development
after research on similar diseases (SARS and MERS) provided
information
on what might work best to fight COVID-19. Pfizer and Moderna both
use a
technique involving mRNA drawn from cancer research, while another
candidate, AstraZeneca, is using a genetically altered cold virus.
”The fact that this is a global pandemic also means there
s
collaboration between research teams, governments, and private
companies
all over the world. That has sped up a normally slower timeline for
vaccine development,” she says.
Myth 3: "That Vaccine Trial Being Paused Was A Bad Sign"
When a trial for AstraZeneca's vaccine was paused in August after a
subject became unwell, people started to worry. Did this mean the
vaccine wasn't safe, or that it would hurt people?
In reality, pauses are a good sign, because they show the drug
companies
are taking safety concerns seriously. “When we see companies like
AstraZeneca pause the vaccine trial — which includes thousands of
volunteers worldwide — for just one person, that is a testament t
o their
priority of safety,” Dr. Nesheiwat says.
Trials have to be paused when any participant shows an illness that
can’t be immediately explained. The BBC reports the patient in th
e
AstraZeneca case developed an inflammatory syndrome that can result
from
some viral infections, but it’s not thought to be related to the
vaccine. All three front-running companies have finished various
trials
without any candidates suffering from severe vaccine-related side
effects. “The vaccine process cannot be rushed to make sure in th
e end
we have a vaccine that is safe without dangerous side effects,” D
r.
Bartlett says, and taking necessary pauses is one step towards that
goal.
Myth 4: "A Vaccine Will Make You More Vulnerable To Illnesses"
Vaccines teach your immune system to recognize and fight specific
threats; they don’t overload the immune system or weaken it. But
vaccine
trials exist to eliminate doubt about any of their effects on immune
function or other illnesses.
“A vaccine is designed to improve your body’s ability to
fight a
specific disease,” Dr. Sarin says. “Part of the research
process
involves testing vaccines to ensure that they do not have unintended
side effects, such as causing other diseases or putting you at higher
risk for developing a different illness.” The point of the clinic
al
phase III trials, she says, is to eliminate all of these side
effects; if the vaccine causes extreme side effects that will make it
too risky,
it's not coming to market. Pfizer and Moderna have passed this
hurdle, and AstraZeneca is hoping to clear it too once its U.S. trial
of 30,000
patients is finished.
Myth 5: "A Vaccine Will Solve Everything"
Now that vaccines are being delivered, the pandemic's over, right?
Nope.
“There are still more steps that are necessary before it’
s widely
available to anyone who wants a vaccine,” Dr. Sarin says. Hundred
s of
millions of doses need to be manufactured and distributed, and it
will take a while for a significant chunk of the population to get
vaccinated. Infectious disease physician Michael Ison told NPR in
September that at least 60 to 70% of the population needs to be
immune to the virus to stop it from spreading; later in the year,
that estimate
grew closer to 80%. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require two
doses a few weeks apart.
Even once you're vaccinated, that's not the end of the journey. The
coronavirus may slowly mutate, and the immune effects of a vaccine
might
fade over time, meaning that one vaccine won’t work forever.
There is
concern that the vaccines that are being developed will not have the
very high immunogenicity that we see with measles or rubella,” Dr
. John
A. Sellick D.O., professor of medicine in the Jacobs School of
Medicine
& Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo, tells Bustle. In
other words, we’ll likely need to get new ones every year, like t
he flu
shot. “I think that the COVID vaccines will be less than perfect,
though
they will certainly give us some benefit,” he says. The head of B
ioNTech
has said he believes their vaccine may last a year, but further data
is
needed.
Myth 6: "A Vaccine Means You Don't Need To Wear A Mask"
Just because you've got a jab doesn't mean you should throw out all
those masks. (Which would be a pity, as they're probably pretty
cute.) "To protect yourselves and your communities from COVID, you
must continue to wear your masks even if you have been vaccinated,"
Dr. Nesheiwat says.
There are a few reasons for this. For one, Dr. Nesheiwat says, you
need
two doses of the current vaccines, and they take at least 14 days to
work, so you need to stay masked over that period. For another, the
Pfizer and Moderna trials both found their vaccines were over 90%
effective at stopping people from contracting symptomatic COVID, but
it's unclear whether they protect against asymptomatic cases. And if
they don't, you could get the vaccine, catch COVID with zero
symptoms, and be capable of passing it on to others.
Dr. Nesheiwat says that herd immunity, with over 70 to 80% of the
nation
vaccinated, is the magic number before anybody begins to think of
putting their masks away.
Myth 7: "Vaccines Keep You From Spreading The Virus"
It's important to remember that none of the vaccines on the market
are 100% effective. There's still a possibility that you might end up
with COVID, and pass it on to other people; vaccines protect you from
catching it, but there's little data on whether they stop you
transmitting it if you get ill. And that's not counting the
possibility
you could get asymptomatic COVID.
"The vaccine can protect you against severe complications of COVID-19
and its multiple symptoms but it is still possible to spread COVID to
others, even though the likelihood of this occurring is lower," Dr.
Nesheiwat says. "Even though I have been given the Moderna vaccine, I
continue to wear my mask and practice social distancing."
Until everybody gets vaccinated, including those who are vulnerable,
social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand-washing will continue to be
the reality — and it'll be the norm for a long time, until a majo
rity of
people are immunized.
Myth 8: "The Vaccine Can Give You COVID"
One of the most enduring myths about the flu shot is that it can give
you the flu. While that myth has been definitively disproven, the
thinking comes from the idea that some people feel flu-ish symptoms
after getting the shot — as a result of side effects of the vacci
ne, or
for unrelated reasons — and that the flu shot is made up of dead
flu
virus.
The same goes for the COVID vaccine — that is, that it absolutely
will
not give you COVID, just like the flu shot can't give you the flu.
Some vaccines, like AstraZeneca's, contain versions of the COVID
vaccine
that have been neutered — that is, they can't actually give you t
he
virus itself. This vaccine operates on the same principle as flu
vaccines; they contain elements of the original virus that can
"teach" the immune system to protect against it. Moderna and Pfizer's
mRNA-based
vaccines go one step further; they don't contain any versions of the
virus at all, just instructions for your body to make the spike
proteins
that distinguish COVID from other viruses, which then help your body
create antibodies to protect you against the real thing.
Just as with the flu virus, it is possible for people to develop
COVID independently after getting vaccinated. For one, even the most
effective
vaccines are 95% effective, meaning some people in trials still got
sick. It also takes a few weeks for your body to build the immunity
it needs to fully protect you, per the CDC, or it's possible that you
might
have been exposed and not showing symptoms before your shot. But
there is no way for any of the COVID vaccines available to actually
give you COVID. None. Zip. Zilch.
Myth 9: "The COVID Vaccine Changes Your DNA"
Both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines use COVID mRNA to replicate
a small part of the virus, so your immune system can practice
fighting it.
But they don't alter your genetic code in any way. The mRNA used in
these vaccines is simply a messenger, and it tells your body a very
small part of the actual COVID virus — a spike protein, which is
the bit
the virus uses to break into your cells.
DNA and mRNA are very different; there's no way for the mRNA from the
vaccine to get anywhere near the tightly-coiled DNA in your cells.
"Injecting RNA into a person doesn't do anything to the DNA of a
human cell," Professor Jeffrey Almond from the University of Oxford
told the BBC. The mRNA used in the vaccine also breaks down after
it's used, often in a matter of hours.
Myth 10: "The COVID Vaccine Causes Infertility"
Rumors have circulated that COVID vaccines can make women infertile.
The
myth is based on the idea that there's an apparent similarity between
the coronavirus' spike proteins, which the vaccine trains your body
to fend off, and a protein found in the placenta called syncytin-1.
People
are worried the antibodies the vaccine creates could attack
syncytin-1,
mistaking it for COVID, and harm the placenta's ability to support
pregnancies. But there's no chance that vaccines could affect this
protein. "There’s absolutely nothing to that," Francis Collins, d
irector
of the National Institutes of Health, told the Washington Post.
Some of the fear, experts say, may stem from the fact that the
Moderna and Pfizer vaccines weren't tested on pregnant people before
they were authorized for emergency use. However, there's no reason to
think the (excellent) safety data in those vaccines wouldn't apply to
pregnant people, too, Dr. Alisa Kachikis, MD, MSc, an expert in
obstetric pharmacology and maternal-fetal medicine at the University
of Washington, previously told Bustle. Further, every major OB/GYN
organization, including the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists, supports pregnant people getting the vaccine, given
that
getting COVID while pregnant is a major health risk. Pfizer also
launched a trial of 4,000 pregnant people in February, so there will
be
safety data for this specific group in the coming months.
Experts:
Dr. Teresa Bartlett M.D.
Dr. Janette Nesheiwat M.D.
Dr. Seema Sarin M.D.
Dr. John A. Sellick D.O.
The figures from the UK indicate the vaccines
have been keeping people from dying.
The vaccines have reduced the number of cases
and the death toll. https://graphics.reuters.com/world-coronavirus-tracker-and-maps/countri es-and-territories/united-kingdom/
<
https://tinyurl.com/24nm6djy>
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)