Behind the scenes, scientists and medical experts are concerned that rushing a vaccine could end up worsening the infection in some patients rather than preventing it.
Studies have suggested that coronavirus vaccines carry the risk of what is known as vaccine enhancement, where instead of protecting against infection, the vaccine can actually make the disease worse when a vaccinated person is infected with the virus. The mechanism that causes that risk is not fully understood and is one of the stumbling blocks that has prevented the successful development of a coronavirus vaccine.
There was a corona vaccine a couple years ago. They injected the rodents and they were fine. Then they exposed them (I forget, rabbits or mice or rats) to the coronavirus in question at the time, and they ALL DIED.
Don’t rush to put up your sleeve.
Vitamin C; Vitamin D3, and zinc all appear to be involved in dealing with Covid. I have always contended that we should not take our children or ourselves to be vaccinated when we are not in good health. I always take extra supplements before I get my annual flu shot and have almost no symptoms. With children I urged my children to only let my grandchildren be given at the most 3 vaccines at one time.
I think an important question to be answered is How High Were these Important Factors before the flu vaccine, and how high are they a day after vaccination, one month, and 3 months after vaccination. If the C, D3, Zinc and other significant factors are depleted then they could be increased both before and after vaccination. Elderly people, especially with co-morbidities, are probably already somewhat deficient, so studying them would be especially important. At 81, taking my supplements regularly is very important and helpful to my good health.
The elderly probably also need a stronger flu vaccine because with sub-clinical and perhaps even unacknowledged deficiencies their immune systems are probably not able to crank up their reactivity as well either for the vaccine, or for fighting other illnesses. Doctors are taught almost nothing about nutritional illnesses. Many years ago when I was typing the laboratory manual for a university Dept. of Pharmacology, there was ONE PAGE about scurvy, Beriberi, and Pellagra in an 85 page manual. On the other hand, drug companies are always close at hand to offer advice and free samples to doctors and med students. Of course drug companies will not make much money off these supplements or HCQ either which is now off patent.