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Study: Moderna COVID-19 vaccine lasts at least 6 months
https://www.wnep.com ^ | 12:49 PM EDT April 6, 2021 | Staff

Posted on 04/06/2021 12:27:59 PM PDT by Red Badger

BOSTON — New research suggests the protection the Moderna vaccine gives against COVID-19 lasts for at least six months.

The report Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine echoes what Pfizer said last week about its vaccine, which works in a similar way.

Both reports were based on follow-up tests in dozens of people who received the shots during studies that led to the vaccines’ use. Those studies were done before troubling new variants, or versions of the coronavirus, had emerged and started to spread.

A separate report in the medical journal adds to concern about the variants. Scientists measured antibodies that can block the virus in 50 people who had been given the Sinopharm or Sinovac vaccines that were developed in China. Many showed total or partial loss of effectiveness against a virus variant first detected in South Africa.

The vaccines still seemed to protect against a variant first found in the United Kingdom that is now rapidly spreading in the United States and elsewhere.

Pfizer and Moderna have said they are working to update their vaccines, or possibly design a booster shot, in case they’re needed against variants.


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1 posted on 04/06/2021 12:27:59 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Important to note the “at least” here. They aren’t saying they only work for 6 months. They’re saying they work LONGER than 6 months; possibly forever. But they have data demonstrating at least 6 months of effectiveness.


2 posted on 04/06/2021 12:30:03 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Red Badger

“In case”....LMAO.


3 posted on 04/06/2021 12:31:56 PM PDT by sanjuanbob (Do NOT buy Chinese Products)
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To: Red Badger

So it’s basically an experimental piece of garbage. I won’t tell my wife though. Better to be ignorant and live ones life.


4 posted on 04/06/2021 12:32:53 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Red Badger

BTW have you read the disclaimer for all the vacs? At least they tell you there is a government fund you can apply to just in case the vac kills you:-)


5 posted on 04/06/2021 12:34:39 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Harpotoo

Went through full Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 clinical trials. First clinical trial recipients got their first dose March 16th 2020 (over a year ago). Between the US and the UK, over 100,000 clinical trial participants. Published data shows they’re safe and effective against all known variants.

And let’s not forget we wouldn’t have any of the vaccines without President Trump’s massive efforts right from the start.


6 posted on 04/06/2021 12:36:41 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Harpotoo

There have been zero cases where a medical examination has determined that a COVID-19 vaccine caused a death anywhere in the United States. Over 105,000,0000 Americans have had a COVID-19 vaccine. Zero deaths have been causally linked to any of them.


7 posted on 04/06/2021 12:37:54 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Harpotoo

TYPICAL modern establishment medicine. PERPETUALL treatments. JUST SAY NO.


8 posted on 04/06/2021 12:38:32 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Red Badger

That’s not any different than getting the virus and maybe not as good.


9 posted on 04/06/2021 12:38:57 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
Important to note the “at least” here. They aren’t saying they only work for 6 months. They’re saying they work LONGER than 6 months; possibly forever. But they have data demonstrating at least 6 months of effectiveness.

Exactly, because they could only go back to the first vaccinations, which were 6 months prior.

10 posted on 04/06/2021 12:39:39 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

I so glad you trust the government and those who funded the virus and those who came up with the antidote:-)
And yes there was NO voter fraud in the last election:-)


11 posted on 04/06/2021 12:41:08 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

until next year’s variants need to be vaccinated


12 posted on 04/06/2021 12:41:29 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

Bingo!

The vaccine hasn’t been exited long enough to have longer data.


13 posted on 04/06/2021 12:41:54 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
I was reading about this last night. One theory is that the immune system has evolved to preferentially defend against certain repetitive patterns found in pathogens-like a ball with a bunch of spikes evenly spaced out on its surface for example. The theory is that longer lasting immunity is conferred after infection and/or vaccination against pathogens that fit this pattern. Covid appears to fit this pattern.

The whole article is interesting and easy to read. The third to last paragraph details the theory I just described.

14 posted on 04/06/2021 12:43:17 PM PDT by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: Red Badger

Whoops — six months are up — time for another booster — time for another and another and another — This is never going to end............................AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!


15 posted on 04/06/2021 12:44:18 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: 1Old Pro

The first vaccinations happened on March 16th, 2020.

The group in this particular study had vaccinations 6 months prior to the start of the study.


16 posted on 04/06/2021 12:47:25 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: Harpotoo

I did that with my wife. However, she red pilled herself and she’s at the screaming at the tv stage.


17 posted on 04/06/2021 12:49:17 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: a fool in paradise

If there’s a variant discovered that can evade the current vaccines, they can be quickly modified just as we do with the Influenza vaccine every year. The new version would be rolling out in weeks; not months.

The risk of that happening is reduced every time someone gets vaccinated. Mutations only happen through replication errors. If the virus can’t replicate (such as in a vaccinated person), then it can’t mutate. That’s why smallpox is gone. That’s why polio is gone. They were around for thousands of years, and now they’re gone. Can’t mutate your way out of not having any vulnerable hosts.


18 posted on 04/06/2021 12:49:51 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
dozens of people who received the shots during studies that led to the vaccines’ use

Correct, still a small sample but I suspect they last similar to flu vaccines, 9 months then a slow degradation. Thus, the 1 year booster for variants until the variants die off.

19 posted on 04/06/2021 12:50:26 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

They haven’t been administered for six months so how can they research its effectiveness at that point?? - just asking!!


20 posted on 04/06/2021 12:56:44 PM PDT by elpadre
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