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One shot of vaccine may be enough for COVID-19 survivors
LA Times ^ | (Today) April 21, 2021 | Amina Khan

Posted on 04/12/2021 11:23:42 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Getting that second dose is essential in order to get the fullest possible protection against the virus, experts say.

There are a few exceptions to the two-dose rule — such as having an immediate or severe allergic reaction to the first dose — but so far, being a COVID-19 survivor isn’t one of them.

“This has been rumored for a long time, that people with preexisting disease only need a single dose to get really long-lasting immunity,” said Dr. George Rutherford, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UC San Francisco.

The researchers found that in the COVID-19 survivors, a single dose of vaccine boosted antibody levels against several different coronavirus variants by up to a thousandfold — and that a second dose essentially offered no additional benefit. Meanwhile, the people with no history of infection had lower antibody levels after two doses of vaccine than the previously infected people had after just one. Those findings were reported last month in the journal Science.

France’s health authority has already issued a recommendation that those who had a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection take just one dose of vaccine, even if their infection didn’t result in symptoms of COVID-19.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: moderna; pfizer; vaccines
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
So if you masked, and social distanced, and still caught Covid, you still need to get the vaccine. And if you've had Covid, and the vaccine, you still need to be masked, and social distanced.

Shoot me now please.

21 posted on 04/12/2021 12:09:25 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Jewbacca

I have Covid. Was moderate symptoms. Now mild.

I had the antibodies infusion.

Was told not to get a vaccine for 90 days.

Now why would they tell me that? Why would I even need a “vaccine” even after the 90 days?


22 posted on 04/12/2021 12:10:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Don’t know.

For the very elderly and infirm, their antibodies may not be very robust and need some help — and thus a booster.

But for everyone else? It’s actually narrowing your broad scope of antibodies.

In short, the best defense against COVID is surviving COVID.

They aren’t telling people that, though.

Which is very curious.


23 posted on 04/12/2021 12:12:58 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Slyfox
If you have survived the covid and you already have the immune response cuz your body did its job, then why would you need a shot to tell your body what to do with the covid?

A very logical question that I am looking for the answer to. Also, how long does wuhan antibodies last for? No one seems to know so why get a vaccine when you are already protected?

24 posted on 04/12/2021 12:20:15 PM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Jewbacca

What I see a lot of is “Variants”

Brazil Covid, European Covid, South African, etc.

So just because you had Covid, or you have taken a EUA vaccine or even both - you still need more of the same as Corona Virus mutates.

Fear porn or fact? Who knows?


25 posted on 04/12/2021 12:20:26 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Eh, the actual virus gives broad protection, even against variants.

Sure, it drops from 99.9 to 80s, but that’s still better than JJ vaccine.

And it’s doubtful you’d have as serious of a case.


26 posted on 04/12/2021 12:33:53 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca

My wife was having a discussion with her doc.

Doctor said take the first available vaccine. Wife said; “Even the J&J vaccine which is now proven to be less effective and has a 79% effectiveness score? Why not take the 2 shot Moderna which is rated at 97%?

A few sentences of medical mumble jumble followed.

My wife has been on the Vitamin D, C, and zinc regimen for months. We both believe that is why she did not catch Covid from me.

Who should have been on the same regimen.


27 posted on 04/12/2021 12:42:21 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I’ve been advising any family or friends who are planning to get the vaccine to first test if they already have antibodies. The medical teams administering the vaccine don’t care and are not going to test you, so be proactive and don’t take a shot you don’t really need.


28 posted on 04/12/2021 12:46:07 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: Mozzafiato

I messaged you but people on blood thinners also need to be given extra warning and advised caution.


29 posted on 04/12/2021 12:50:23 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

A new day, a new covid rule change.


30 posted on 04/12/2021 12:52:48 PM PDT by bgill
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Enough for what?


31 posted on 04/12/2021 1:25:54 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Slyfox

BINGO! (You obviously are a troublemaker!) ;-)


32 posted on 04/12/2021 1:26:39 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

Enough to theoretically not get Covid positive. 🤷🏻‍♀️


33 posted on 04/12/2021 1:31:22 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
I messaged you but people on blood thinners also need to be given extra warning and advised caution.

Thank you, yes, good points. Also, people with some autoimmune diseases might want to think twice about it as it could potentially cause a flare up in their (controlled) disease.

34 posted on 04/12/2021 2:30:03 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: Responsibility2nd

The truth is if you have had the covid then you don’t need the shot. Ever.


35 posted on 04/12/2021 5:44:47 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: frogjerk
When you get a virus naturally, and your body is in good immune shape, your body will mount an immune defense which it will then remember for the rest of your life.

That is the way God designed our bodies.

36 posted on 04/12/2021 5:50:21 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: Responsibility2nd
Sadly, medical doctors have been trained to distrust the human immune system.

What your wife took (D3, C, and zinc) was the wisest choice.

J&J, Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca are all working with gene therapy and their products have been misnamed as "vaccines" to make people think it is something that it is not. They are actually introducing a substance that is foreign to the human body. The lipid packet which encloses the RNA or DNA nano-bit was designed by the scientists to bypass the immune system while it sets up shop in the cells where it then replicates itself.

The ugly little secret is that the spike protein does a real number on the part of the immune system that is responsible for cleaning up and getting rid of inflammation. All the problems people are experiencing from the shot is a result of uncontrolled inflammation.

We are all told that the shot is going to "teach" the immune system how to react to the covid. Why would our immune system need to be "taught" how to react to a virus? Our immune system when given the proper nutrients, does a pretty bang up job - God designed the system.

The shot is an experimental gene therapy and I am not willing to take that huge risk.

37 posted on 04/12/2021 6:24:34 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: SgtHooper
BINGO! (You obviously are a troublemaker!) ;-)

I read a lot of information and I don't rely on the lamestreamers for my medical advice.

38 posted on 04/12/2021 6:26:20 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: BenLurkin
Is it just me, or does it seem that the forces behind the “vaccine” push are not really sure how or even if it works?

They're dropping around me like flies-from the vaccines. The new dodge is to call the reaction to the vaccines covid. The real knee slapper is they told one woman that the vaccine she got a few days earlier, helped her get through covid.

39 posted on 04/12/2021 6:37:24 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If a plane full of Canadians crashes on the border of Canada and the USA, which side will they bury the survivors?


40 posted on 04/12/2021 7:53:08 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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