Posted on 12/29/2021 8:49:14 AM PST by DoodleBob
CLAIM: COVID-19 vaccines don’t provide protection against the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: Missing context. While it’s true that people who are vaccinated can still get infected with omicron, early research has shown that the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death stemming from the new variant.
THE FACTS: A video clip circulating on social media shows Dr. Robert Malone, a frequent critic of the COVID-19 vaccines who has researched mRNA vaccine technology, stating that the shots don’t protect people from omicron. The comments were made during a Dec. 17 interview with Laura Ingraham, a Fox News host, on her show the “The Ingraham Angle.”
“Omicron blows right through the vaccines and through the triple jabbed,” Malone said. “Omicron is very, very infectious and the data are already in that both the double and triple vaccination is not protecting you from omicron.”
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But the claim is misleading, infectious disease experts say. Preliminary research has shown that while mRNA vaccines are less effective at preventing infection from the omicron variant, the shots are still very effective at preventing severe illness and death.
“It’s misleading. It implies that there is no benefit to boosting in the face of omicron and that is not true,” Chris Beyrer, a professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told The Associated Press. “And it also implies that there is no benefit in the face of omicron to being vaccinated and that’s also not true.”
Beyrer said the evidence is “very clear” that vaccines, along with vaccine boosters, are “effective against omicron in preventing serious disease, hospitalization and death.”
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I think a) I’m useless - your knowledge of physics is way better than mine, b) if not physics and not drugs, I’d need a lot of time to unpack what you said, or c) you may have just discovered Ouzo, in which case give it 12 hours and re-read you post and let me know if you still want an analysis.
You are OK; and I am just wondering (not under any “influence”), because I saw your (Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2) and thought that you might be interested.
I read somewhere that they wouldn’t have it till March.
Even if they are working somewhat, even if not as perfectly as hoped?
The shots were approved to PREVENT COVID19. The FDA's stated VE threshold is 50%.
They worked to spec for a while. Not anymore.
Let's say the shots DO help keep people out of the hospital. While that's a positive product feature, if it's failing to perform its PRIMARY function, then a) revoke its approval, b) perform clinical trials on hospitalization, and c) obtain approval on THAT basis.
I want my medicinal compounds to do what they're formulated to do.
I can’t go along with this.
The shots weren’t perfect. They didn’t act precisely as planned.
Do we go all amateur legal-eagle when so many lives and so many people’s long-term health are concerned?
Doesn’t make sense to me at all. I think you are grasping at straws to harm the vax program. This one doesn’t work.
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