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NO TROLLS What is the actual case against COVID Vaccination?
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sr36
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It's always been a bit of both individual and collective. When Oz decided no AZfor under 60s, it was after crunching the numbers and deciding it was slightly safer in a covid free environment for those individuals under 60 to not take AZ and wait for Pfizer. That equation for the individual as well as the collective changed in NSW and Vic with covid outbreaks.
What I'm talking about is regarding individuals. But I'm talking about whether a booster increases immunity for those recently recovered. So it only effects the collective if it does increase immunity. It increases antibodies for other strains, but does it actually impact the likelihood of the person catching and spreading Omicron in the shortish term? Seems unlikely. If it does increase it, booster up, as that benefits both the individual and the collective. If it doesn't, don't, but ultimately we don't know yet.
Not really.
Less people with symptoms, less sickies. Less sickies, better business.
Less people in hospital, less taxpayer dollars go to public health. More beds available for people who need them for other s**t.
I've always thought the Vax was mostly a public health response to dealing with a pandemic. The individual angle was barely relevant I thought.
sr36
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I don't get what you mean. It's only less sickies if it increases immunity?
If you don't sneeze and cough, you're much less likely to spread droplets.
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No the question is:
'Would a policy that [exempts people from vaccination due to a prior COVID infection], reduce the rates of people getting vaccinated (with them seeking infection as a viable alternative)?'
If we implemented such a policy (prior exposure = no vaccine needed), the net effect would be a far lower vaccination uptake than we currently have. By extension, this would lead to higher hospitalization rates, more deaths, faster transmission, more pressure on hospitals, and a lower standard of care, because a significant number of people would simply wait for infection and not bother getting vaccinated.
In other words, such a policy would have a net negative health impact overall (and individually in many cases) than our current blanket 'get vaccinated or else' policy would have, regardless of the answer to your question above.
sr36
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That was the question, but I think it's time to move on from that question.
A huge percentage of people now have some immunity, through either the vaccine or covid. The question is now how to best manage ongoing immunity within the community.
We're no longer at a stage where immunity is reduceable to vaxed or not vaxed. That question is now redundant.
The impact of the booster in terms of stopping spread is likely to last about 12 weeks, thus the hierarchy of Omicron immunity is currently probably:
Vaxed, boosted in last 12 weeks + Omicron
Vaxed + Omicron
Unvaxed + Omicron
Vaxed and boosted recently
Vaxed with an old booster
Vaxed no booster
Unvaxed.
It's very likely that people who have had Omicron are actually protected against further cases of Omicron in the short term (which is all we're talking about with the booster too) Thus it's very likely that there isn't an effective difference between lines 1+3 in the hierarchy above, despite the booster giving them added antibodies.
It's no longer about vaxed or unvaxed. It's now about when is it appropriate to give an immunity boost.
sr36
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Might still be an issue still for WA which hasn't already had enough 'Omicron to shrink the no immunity group to the point of irrelevance.
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Yeah. But it's also not really a concern in the Eastern States with a 90 percent plus vaccination rate.
The only people being punished right now by the rule are anti-vaxxers, and that's what the rule was brought in for in the first place.
The punishment needs to be sufficient so those kooks know that next pandemic, we mean ******* business.
sr36
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I'd need to look it up, but approx 3 months of high enough antibodies to neutralise Omicron post booster comes from Pfizer, I think?
The probably regarding immunity from Omicron is based on other strains of covid and other diseases. Additionally, we can assume it gives short term immunity, otherwise waves wouldn't have declined quickly in countries with low rates of vaccine and booster. That's almost certainly naturally acquired immunity that brought that South African wave down.
We'll get a better idea over the coming months about how long that lasts, but I'd be betting against South Africa having another Omicron wave any time soon. Their next significant wave is more likely to be a new strain that breaks through omicron acquired immunity, or quite a long way down the track if that strain doesn't arrive.
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You seem to be taking a whole lot of educated guesses, piling them on top of each other and then draw conclusions from that information - in support of your overall agenda. No offense but there is not much substance to it, based on what you have posted.
sr36
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That's absolutely what I'm doing, except for an agenda. It's also absolutely what is being done in regards to recommending booster shots to people who have recently had Omicron. The data on Omicron reinfection is not in and thus the jury is still out. There is no evidence based conclusions that can be made yet.
People should follow the current advice, because it comes from people best educated to get their guesses right, but there is a decent chance it will change when more is learnt, because we just don't know if a booster does actually increase protection of those who have recovered from Omicron. We know that it raises their antibody levels with antibodies that are effective in large enough amounts. But it only increases protection if naturally acquired immunity leaks and holds for less time than the booster gives its benefits, in terms of prevention. And there is a fair chance that the boosters benefits won't last longer in this group of people.
It's only after more data is in on Omicron re-infection rates that anyone can say confidently if and when it is beneficial for recovered Omicron cases to receive a booster dose. At the moment it is just educated guesses based on theory.
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One of a few double blind trials coming up to finally put the kabosh on invermectin
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Efficacy of Ivermectin on Disease Progression in Patients With COVID-19
This randomized clinical trial assesses the efficacy of ivermectin treatment in preventing progression to severe disease among high-risk patients with COVID-19 in Malaysia.
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One of a few double blind trials coming up to finally put the kabosh on invermectin
Efficacy of Ivermectin on Disease Progression in Patients With COVID-19
This randomized clinical trial assesses the efficacy of ivermectin treatment in preventing progression to severe disease among high-risk patients with COVID-19 in Malaysia.
At least one of those groups is now free of heartworm though, so it wasnt a total loss.
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How about the double blind Japanese study ? The Malaysian study wasn’t exactly definitive . JAMA Ignores Peer-Reviewed Evidence & Publishes Yet Another Misleading, Underpowered IVM Study
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Luckily, we don't need the general public to read medical journals. Having our doctor do that and placing our faith in them is good enough.
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You're ******* kidding. The FLCCC? Shills and grifters selling snake oil, and pushing misinformation:
Forced use of horse dewormer on COVID patient overturned by Ohio judge
For the lols keep reading:
They're quacks making a profit of people like you buying their debunked snake oil, that even they themselves acknowledge doesnt actually work.
Whats next? 'Americas Frontline Doctors?'
Jesus mate. Stay off the internet for a while.
The "published research" on that FLCCC page took me to some random webpage.
So the question for me: Do I trust the Journal of the American Medical Association or some random webpage?
So the question for me: Do I trust the Journal of the American Medical Association or some random webpage?
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YepWow someone is still falling for the FLCCC people in 2022
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I'm sure the organisation that vindicates the horseshoe theory well OzSage will help you a lot on this one.
There is absolutely no case against COVID Vaccination other than ignorance which leads to people being prejudiced against COVID Vaccination.
Prejudice is an emotional attachment to ignorance.
COVID seems to have dropped "off the radar", so to speak, after we as a society, with the help and cajoling of a compliant media, have accepted that people dying because of COVID is alright.
In case it has slipped by people's scrutiny, Australia is now in the top five in the World when it comes to Deaths on a day-to-day basis because of COVID. Yesterday, we sat in 3rd place behind Taiwan and Russia with 30 deaths to Taiwan's and Russia's totals of 124 and 75 respectively.
Two days ago, we were in 4th place with 60 deaths behind Taiwan (152), USA (96), Russia (82).
The following are our Total Cases:
The following are our deaths per day:
These are our Total Deaths:
Whereas we have a total vaccination rate of just over 80% across the population, that is with 2 doses, on the 18th of March this year we hit the 60% mark for 3rd dose vaccinations and from then on, we have slowly crept up to just over 66% as of yesterday.
This is called "living with COVID" - bad luck for the 6,400 or so bastards and their families and loved ones who have died since January the 1st, 2022.
Prejudice is an emotional attachment to ignorance.
COVID seems to have dropped "off the radar", so to speak, after we as a society, with the help and cajoling of a compliant media, have accepted that people dying because of COVID is alright.
In case it has slipped by people's scrutiny, Australia is now in the top five in the World when it comes to Deaths on a day-to-day basis because of COVID. Yesterday, we sat in 3rd place behind Taiwan and Russia with 30 deaths to Taiwan's and Russia's totals of 124 and 75 respectively.
Two days ago, we were in 4th place with 60 deaths behind Taiwan (152), USA (96), Russia (82).
The following are our Total Cases:
The following are our deaths per day:
These are our Total Deaths:
Whereas we have a total vaccination rate of just over 80% across the population, that is with 2 doses, on the 18th of March this year we hit the 60% mark for 3rd dose vaccinations and from then on, we have slowly crept up to just over 66% as of yesterday.
This is called "living with COVID" - bad luck for the 6,400 or so bastards and their families and loved ones who have died since January the 1st, 2022.
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If after all this time people are dying of covid because they weren’t vaccinated, well, they took their chances. If they were vaccinated, that opens up more questions. It remains a dangerous disease for some, but I don’t know what more governments can do.
