Vaccines and booster shots offer the best protection from the Delta and Omicron variants, according to three new studies released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The data back up earlier findings supporting booster shots and offer the first comprehensive insight into how vaccines fare against the Omicron variant. In one of the studies published Friday, a CDC analysis found that a third dose of either the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE or Moderna Inc. was at least 90% effective against preventing hospitalization from Covid-19 during both the Delta and Omicron periods.
During the Delta period, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization from Covid-19 was 90% from two weeks until about 6 months after dose two, 81% from at least six months after dose two and 94% at least two weeks after a booster dose. When Omicron was dominant, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization for the same periods were 81%, 57% and 90%, respectively.
An additional study published in Nature Thursday also supports booster doses, and backs up previous findings from Pfizer and BioNTech showing that a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine neutralizes Omicron but its two-dose regimen is significantly less effective at blocking the virus.
It's hard to give these organizations any credibility especially since...well...I'll let these two articles speak for themselves.
BLOOMBERG: European Union regulators warned that frequent Covid-19 booster shots could adversely affect the immune response and may not be feasible. 1/11/2022
Repeat booster doses every four months could eventually weaken the immune response and tire out people, according to the European Medicines Agency. Instead, countries should leave more time between booster programs and tie them to the onset of the cold season in each hemisphere, following the blueprint set out by influenza vaccination strategies, the agency said. MORE AT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-11/repeat-booster-shots-risk-overloading-immune-system-ema-says
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BOOSTERS ARE OVER, WHO SAYS
Now the World Health Organization has waved the white flag on Covid vaccine boosters too. WHO released a statement about Covid vaccines yesterday. It’s filled with the usual public health jargon and ass-covering, but one line stands out: a vaccination strategy based on repeated booster doses of the original vaccine composition is unlikely to be appropriate or sustainable. It’s over, people. MORE AT
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/boosters-are-over/comments?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NDA0OTg2MywicG9zdF9pZCI6NDcwMDU5NTMsIl8iOiJhM1hleSIsImlhdCI6MTY0MjAxNDQxNSwiZXhwIjoxNjQyMDE4MDE1LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzYzMDgwIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.wkp4R2Aq0iKxqeub2llRar4Rl9e54-p_5QwxowarqpM
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