Posted on 03/24/2021 8:47:15 AM PDT by catnipman
Multiple variants can “escape” vaccines
Antibodies induced by the Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE vaccines are dramatically less effective at neutralizing some of the most worrying coronavirus variants, a new study suggests. Researchers obtained blood samples from 99 individuals who had received one or two doses of either vaccine and tested their vaccine-induced antibodies against virus replicas engineered to mimic 10 globally circulating variants. Five of the 10 variants were "highly resistant to neutralization," even when volunteers had received both doses of the vaccines, the researchers reported on Friday in Cell. All five highly resistant variants had mutations in the spike on the virus surface - known as K417N/T, E484K, and N501Y - that characterize a variant rampant in South Africa and two variants spreading rapidly in Brazil. In keeping with previous studies, the proportion of neutralizing antibodies dropped 5- to 6-fold against the variants discovered in Brazil. Against the variant discovered in South Africa, neutralization fell 20- to 44-fold. A variant circulating now in New York has the E484K mutation. "While studies of the New York variant are ongoing, our findings suggest that similar variants harboring E484K may be harder for vaccine-induced antibodies to neutralize,"
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Dr. Goebbels (AKA FAUCI) would be so proud and happy.
What a historical scam this all is.
I was wondering why I have come down with the runs.
Yep. Granting new and unwarranted powers/authority to the government is the surest way to tyranny because the government will fight like hell to retain them by any means necessary. Now that there are multiple vaccines there are now magically new and more “deadly” strains. Nevermind that COVID has a survival rate of 99.9%.
“Found to be” until it’s not for political expedience.
Don’t worry, the government will keep us safe.
“ bio-fascism forever and ever and ever ...”
Well, yeah. Anything that works, you’ll get more and more of.
Since this began, my one thought has always been, what happens the next time there’s a virus? The precedent has been set.
Tyrants are going to tyrant.
I was flamed, and labeled a FluBro, last March for saying that the government mandates had no logical exit and should be fought not endorsed by Freepers. The basis for having them, do something/ just for a little while/ if it saves lives / we don’t know how deadly this is / etc., would be applied to every new real, imagined, or contrived threat.
Now here we are.
I was also flamed for saying I disagreed with Trump on his support for masks and lockdowns because he needed to it to secure the “win”.
not even done on the variants, but on “replicas” of the variants... this is science?
Two weeks to flatten the curve.
We can do that standing on our heads.
And I bet naturally gained immunity works fine...
The vaccines may also be causing more problems because it’s interfering with evolution. Generally when a virus becomes more contagious that’s because it became less lethal. If the vaccines don’t stop immunity as Herr Fauci claims then the virus can gain better contagion ability and become even more lethal.
Worse - we’ve got 4 different “vaccines” if the evolved variant gains strength from one it might break through the defenses of the others. This is because the mRNA technique makes a partial copy of the virus not a perfect one and each one makes a different variation of the virus signature.
Scary stories aside - I’m of the adage that this is all done by Labor Day... just like the swine flu epidemic of 1918. I’m less sure about what happens to civilization at this point.
Leg heel chest compressions for CPR?
If the first wave was the IOTWAWKI as many Freepers with graphs and charts and case fatality rates told us it was. Then the variants must be as well. What do you say Fearpers? Time to lock is all up again so you can safely go shopping at the beginning of each month?
Athorities justify the blockades of food stuffs to certain areas hardest hit by the virus.
“if they’re not infected now, they will be soon. It’s hopeless.”
Nancy and her Chinese friends opened Pandora’s box
In their lust for power, power and MORE POWER ... it’s all getting away from them
I think if the dems try this it will back fire in there faces. ALL people are sick of this or finally getting sick of it. They will ignore lockdowns. I live in Florida and we won’t lockdown again.
Too many people are still in denial and don’t realize that all this harm being perpetrated against us is intentional.
Wondering why only THIS virus seems to be mutating at such a rapid pace.
Right with ya bro.
I don’t blame Trump as much. Yes, he should’ve resisted the lockdowns (and he never enforced the mask mandate) but the media and the Democrats had whipped up a frenzy (you know... like crying Fire in a theater) that if he had done nothing then all of the flu deaths (yknow, about the same as any other flu season) would’ve been laid at his feet.
But with the Chinese lies about whole cities being decimated and the initial fatality rates there wasn’t much of a choice.
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