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Fourth COVID vaccine still doesn’t stop Omicron, new Israeli study shows
https://nypost.com ^ | Jan 18, 2022

Posted on 01/18/2022 5:30:21 AM PST by 11th_VA

Even a fourth shot of a COVID-19 vaccine is “not good enough” to prevent Omicron, according to a preliminary study in Israel.

Sheba Hospital last month tested a fourth shot given to more than 270 medical workers, with 154 getting the Pfizer jab and 120 receiving Moderna.

The researchers revealed Monday that both groups showed a “slightly higher” increase in antibodies than after the third shot — but still not enough to prevent Omicron, the latest variant responsible for the vast majority of infections around the world.

“Despite increased antibody levels, the fourth vaccine only offers a partial defense against the virus,” said Dr. Gili Regev-Yochay, director of the hospital’s infection disease unit leading the study.

The study saw “many infected with Omicron who received the fourth dose,” she said. “Granted, a bit less than in the control group, but still a lot of infections.”

“The vaccines, which were more effective against previous variants, offer less protection versus Omicron,” Regev-Yochay said, adding that the vaccines are “not good enough” to prevent the less-severe new variant.

The findings have not yet been published and do not reveal specific data...

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


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Hmmm - do a blood anti-body test before getting a booster ... just sayin
1 posted on 01/18/2022 5:30:21 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Well, booster shots don’t do much for the common cold either.


2 posted on 01/18/2022 5:31:20 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: 11th_VA
what difference does it make?

IT NEVER WORKED.



3 posted on 01/18/2022 5:35:09 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: 11th_VA

It’s getting to the point, some would say it’s past the point, where it appears this is only a $MONEY$ driven thing. Why get the booster and send more of your tax dollars to Washington for something that doesn’t work? This question should have been screaming 3 boosters ago.


4 posted on 01/18/2022 5:42:13 AM PST by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: upchuck

Money, power, and control.


5 posted on 01/18/2022 5:43:02 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: 11th_VA

“Granted, a bit less than in the control group, but still a lot of infections.”

“A bit? A lot?” What is that? They did a study. How about some data instead of this fuzzy language? The inability on the part of nearly everyone to speak clearly about COVID-19 is the Left’s greatest victory. 2 years into this thing, and we still don’t know anything.


6 posted on 01/18/2022 5:43:36 AM PST by cdcdawg (Everyone who disagrees with me is a Qtard blogger!!!!)
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To: 11th_VA

Assuming Omicron is a reality, imagine finding a mutation of a *virus* circumventing man-made attempts to block it.


7 posted on 01/18/2022 5:43:53 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: 11th_VA

Hard to come up with a vaccine for a lab created biological weapon.


8 posted on 01/18/2022 5:43:56 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: 11th_VA

The researchers revealed Monday that both groups showed a “slightly higher” increase in antibodies than after the third shot — but still not enough to prevent Omicron, the latest variant responsible for the vast majority of infections around the world.

This is a surprise only to those who have bought the narrative the vaxx is the *only* solution.

It should be a surprise to no-one that repeatedly vaccinating for a now extinct form of Covid does not help with the current variant, and indeed it may induce an inappropriate and ineffective immune response.

The vaxx is repeatedly training the body for an immune response to something that no longer exists.


9 posted on 01/18/2022 5:45:19 AM PST by Flick Lives
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most serious people discuss features suggesting it is an engineered variant.

synonymous/asynonymous mutation ratio way off.

no direct genetic ancestor sequences for almost 18 months back.

they say it spent time in mice, but those articles usually avoid mentioning what sort of building the mice might have lived in.

don’t even have a guess as to which nation-state did the work on omicron.


10 posted on 01/18/2022 5:47:20 AM PST by WoofDog123
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To: 11th_VA
fourth shot of a COVID-19 vaccine is “not good enough” to prevent Omicron

Well then use a 5th and 6th shot! Keep vaccinating until something all dead! Maybe virus, maybe people, who cares just keep giving more and more shots!

11 posted on 01/18/2022 5:56:15 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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To: 11th_VA

Where are all the vaxx shills on here?


12 posted on 01/18/2022 5:56:36 AM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Diogenesis

Monthly shots until everyone dies from the shots then no need for any more shots. Problem solved.


13 posted on 01/18/2022 6:14:16 AM PST by technically right
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To: 11th_VA

Omicron is a cold. Niquil and Kleenex are all you need.


14 posted on 01/18/2022 6:28:09 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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“Omicron is a cold. Niquil and Kleenex are all you need.”

Exactamundo. But I also like to add a shot or two of Jack Daniels.


15 posted on 01/18/2022 6:34:54 AM PST by twoputt
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To: wastedyears
-— “Where are all the vaxx shills on here?”

As a newbie to FR, the “anthropologist” side of my thoughts goes to observing who posts what and how things a posted. All in all, FR is a fascinating site and exercise in observing people.

Your question has been my question, as those who opt for “Covid” media-driven fear post in clusters with support from like fellows. And the game's afoot.

The “pandemic” hinges on accepting “official” data, and as anomalies are observed, those who then grasp at other data sources generally fail to account for the root failings in the original and “official” data.

But when data, data collection and analysis are faulty, then additional massaging of that data becomes — as you say — “shilling.”

As of 18 January 2022, Johns Hopkins University's "official" data --

( 5,547,903 "global deaths" / 7,921,131,915 global population ) x 100 = 0.070% of the global population.

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/

This two year "pandemic" event has affected the world by killing "officially" seven one-hundredths of the global population. That's the "official" data's story.

All the "excess deaths" calculations, the references to models and estimates and "presumed" this and that are built on the shifting sand of "virus" death to seven one-hundredths of the global population.

You rightly ask, "Where are all the vaxx shills on here?”

16 posted on 01/18/2022 6:41:31 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time
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To: twoputt

“ But I also like to add a shot or two of Jack Daniels.”

(Me too, but you never know who’s here this time of day, so...)
NyQuil Blues: https://youtu.be/MTUjzgaZkCE


17 posted on 01/18/2022 6:42:50 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: 11th_VA

Well let’s mandate a 5th jab. That is sure to do the trick! /sarc


18 posted on 01/18/2022 6:46:28 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: 11th_VA

The vaccines were made for the first strain of Covid - we are almost 2 years past that strain


19 posted on 01/18/2022 6:52:37 AM PST by PMAS (Vote with your wallets, there are 80 million of us - No China made, No Amazon)
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To: upchuck

“Why get the booster and send more of your tax dollars to Washington for something that doesn’t work? This question should have been screaming 3 boosters ago.”

This is why Webster invented the word, “INSANITY!”

Anyone looking at this debacle called COVID should fully understand how highly effective “color revolutions” can be launched. Let’s see, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan, Syria, Arab Spring, Jan 6 U.S. coup, 2020 U.S. election....


20 posted on 01/18/2022 7:11:19 AM PST by icclearly
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