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Novavax: A COVID vaccine for the hesitant
Frontiersman ^ | 08/15/2021 | Dr. Samuel Abbate

Posted on 08/22/2021 6:35:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Many people have been hesitant to get any of the currently available “vaccines” for COVID-19. Why? Because they are uncomfortable taking an injection of viral genetic material known as messenger RNA (mRNA) into the cells throughout their bodies. Messenger RNA is the genetic code that the body uses to produce a protein that the virus. The particular protein that is made allows the virus to attach itself to the cells of your body. The current COVID-19 products represent the first time this technology has been used in humans. Little is known about the long-term effects of this technology.

I will not cite any negative data about the currently available mRNA products. I do not want to be accused of spreading misinformation. Instead I want to encourage those who have concerns about the currently available vaccines that there is a vaccine that is in development and will hopefully be available later this year. It is called Novavax.

Novavax is made up of an antigen (the spike protein from COVID-19) combined with an adjuvant. An antigen is a protein that the immune system does not recognize as belonging to your body and so it raises antibodies against it. An adjuvant is a substance the boosts the body’s response to the antigen. A two-dose regimen administered 21 days apart is safe and associated with a robust immune response.

The protein is made in the laboratory using the genetic material from the virus. This process is similar to how insulin is made commercially. The spike protein cannot replicate itself in your body. Novavax cannot cause infection. The amount of protein introduced is consistent from person to person.

Novavax is much more similar to traditional vaccines even though it uses new technology. Therefore, I believe that many of the vaccine hesitant will be willing to take it. You should feel comfortable taking it. Again, the choice should always be yours to make in consultation with your medical provider.

On June 30, 2021 the New England Journal of Medicine reported on a study of over 15,000 persons in England titled: Safety and Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine. Novavax was 89.7% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections. It was 86.3% effective against the alpha variant and 96.4% effective against other variants of the virus. The results are better than the currently available vaccines produce.

Reported side effects included injection-site tenderness, fatigue, headache, and muscle pain. Adverse events were similar in the vaccine and placebo groups (0.5% in each), and no deaths were attributed to the receipt of the vaccine. Novovax has an excellent safety profile.

It is likely that we are heading for a time when vaccination will be required to fully engage in social activities, e.g. air travel. I will avoid any discussion of medical privacy, personal autonomy, natural immunity or government intrusion. Instead I support using a safe, effective, more traditionally-made vaccine that can be taken with confidence. I hope that the FDA will approve the use of Novavax – it can prevent COVID and cure hesitancy.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: chinavirusvaccine; covid; hesitancy; novavax; vaccine; vaxxx
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1 posted on 08/22/2021 6:35:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Where did they get the virus material from???


2 posted on 08/22/2021 6:36:22 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Air travel is rapidly becoming practice for concentration camp processing.

I am not going near an airport.


3 posted on 08/22/2021 6:37:16 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t the spike protein the main problem? If so I don’t see how this solves the problem and it will still take years to test it for long term effects.


4 posted on 08/22/2021 6:37:38 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftists/Leftism ruins everything it touches. Leftism is a toxic moral pestilence.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That vax well is kind of poisoned. I’m out, period.


5 posted on 08/22/2021 6:38:07 PM PDT by Stentor ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

FROM THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE


Solicited systemic adverse events


6 posted on 08/22/2021 6:38:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks for the information.


7 posted on 08/22/2021 6:38:49 PM PDT by Bearshouse
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To: markman46

Covaxin would be better.


8 posted on 08/22/2021 6:38:54 PM PDT by mongrel
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To: markman46

RE: Where did they get the virus material from???

FROM THE ARTICLE:

The protein is made in the laboratory using the genetic material from the virus. This process is similar to how insulin is made commercially. The spike protein cannot replicate itself in your body. Novavax cannot cause infection. The amount of protein introduced is consistent from person to person.


9 posted on 08/22/2021 6:39:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: markman46

Does that have the FDA “Approval Lite” stamp too?


10 posted on 08/22/2021 6:40:19 PM PDT by cp124 (Focus on treatment and not an experimental vaccine/flu shot.)
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To: mongrel

Heard that Novaxin has zero side effects.


11 posted on 08/22/2021 6:41:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Novavax would be the only one I’d consider.


12 posted on 08/22/2021 6:41:41 PM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Definitely NOT a fan... miss the last guy )
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To: SeekAndFind
I have natural immunity.

So, have a nice day.

13 posted on 08/22/2021 6:43:49 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I refuse to be afraid. I refuse to bow. I refuse to take any job I do not wish to. So BUZZ OFF!)
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To: SeekAndFind

So how is this any better then natural immunity acquired from having the actual virus?


14 posted on 08/22/2021 6:45:30 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: markman46

“Where did they get the virus material from???”

The virus. They can grow it in a petri dish


15 posted on 08/22/2021 6:45:41 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Whatever.

Still not a vaccine got my non vax butt because I’m not “hesitant”.


16 posted on 08/22/2021 6:46:12 PM PDT by Pollard
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“So how is this any better then natural immunity acquired from having the actual virus?”

No side effects, no risk of death or long term respiratory issues


17 posted on 08/22/2021 6:47:17 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dr Sam left out the part about MOTH DNA 😱


18 posted on 08/22/2021 6:47:46 PM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation.)
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To: mongrel

Can you get Covaxin in the US yet?


19 posted on 08/22/2021 6:49:20 PM PDT by WLusvardi (Drudge Fudges)
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To: SeekAndFind

Many people have been hesitant to get any of the currently available “vaccines” for COVID-19. Why?

Why???

How about - because they hollered “PANDEMIC! CRISIS!!” in March of 2020. MARCH.

Unprecedented, lo and behold, they produced a “vaccine” before the end of the year. It’s ALMOST as if they’d already had it ready…

Giving them the benefit of THAT doubt, there is NO WAY IN HELL that these “vaccines” were tested. Not unless those creating the vaccines were capable of TIME TRAVEL.

These people STILL can’t (or won’t) tell us exactly what this virus is or how it started…. They know NOTHING about it - their stories change faster than Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands..

Yet! They need us to believe that THEY are experts and to shut up and blindly trust them..

They’ve been caught fudging the numbers. Every which way. But hey… TRUST them!

Now they’re trying to legalize and making it COMPLETELY acceptable to treat the “un-vaxxed” the same way the NAZIs treated the Jews in 1936.

Ask me again - WHY am I hesitant to take the jab???


20 posted on 08/22/2021 6:49:34 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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