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I'm not sure what Biden's booster plan is, but if it's a blanket booster mandate it's against the concepts of science. In addition to the letter that they gave
by kafkaIncarnate 5y ago
I'm not sure what Biden's booster plan is, but if it's a blanket booster mandate it's against the concepts of science.
In addition to the letter that they gave:
https://www.thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S0140673621020468.pdf https://www.thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lancet/pdfs/S01406736210...
The Israeli study in question tested >1 million people over the age of sixty exclusively:
https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/reports/vaccine-efficacy-safety-follow-up-committee/he/files_publications_corona_booster-27082021.pdf https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/reports/vaccine-efficacy-safet...
Research has come back from the Spanish Flu (H1N1) over the years, and it's now thought that since it only affected those who were younger, tests were done on mice to see why. Their results were that the virus itself didn't kill the host, the over-reacting immune response more than likely did:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060927201707.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060927201707.h...
Without scientific evidence of younger people gaining benefit from a booster shot (which may or may not be the case, it is an unknown), giving people extra shots or people going after extra shots can actually potentially strengthen your immune system too much and end up causing an over-reaction in your immune system and have your immune system attack your internal organs.
Early evidence of the "cytokine storm" associated with COVID also suggests this reaction:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7308649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7308649/
> The immune system has an exquisite mechanism capable of responding to various pathogens. Normal anti-viral immune response requires the activation of the inflammatory pathways of the immune system; however, aberrant or exaggerated response of the host's immune system can cause severe disease if remains uncontrolled (25). Cytokines are an essential part of the inflammatory process. Cytokines are produced by several immune cells including the innate macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer cells and the adaptive T and B lymphocytes. During an innate immune response to a viral infection, pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) recognize different molecular structures that are characteristic to the invading virus.
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> Accumulating evidence suggests that some patients with severe COVID-19 suffer from a “cytokine storm.” Analysis of cytokine levels in plasma of 41 COVID-19 confirmed cases in China revealed elevated levels of IL-1β, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, FGF, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, IP-10, MCP-1, MIP-1A, MIP1-B, PDGF, TNF-α, and VEGF in both patients admitted to the ICU and non-ICU patients compared to healthy adults. All patients included in the study had pneumonia and 1/3 of the patients were admitted to ICU and six of these patients died (16).
It's very possible, although again this is speculative and an unknown, that a booster shot could actually be detrimental to your immune response and get a lot of younger people with strong immune systems killed. This is also my theory on why CDC/FDA/Fauci/etc were not saying anything about immune system improvements, as if you are already with a strong immune system you could potentially die. If they are not learning from their own lessons, this could be catastrophic both politically and with actual lives.
I'll await the FDA announcement and discussion on Friday, Sept 17. If it's a blanket booster program that's required, they're done for, as is the federal government with scientists that will quit en masse. If it's a recommendation or requirement for 60+ years, that's at least supported by the Israeli study potentially even if personally I'd rather have some additional verification and peer review.
Get vaccinated, but don't take vaccines like Alex Jones jams Ivermectin down his throat, unless further study proves booster shots are effective for a younger population. I see no evidence to support people less than 60 years old to get a third shot at the current time. If you see any, link me to it as I'm open minded about this but I cannot find anything other than >90% of people with two doses are less likely to contract it, >90% of those that contract it do not need hospitalization, and >90% of those hospitalized are less likely to die (give or take, some might be 87%-ish percent or whatever).
But what do I know? Just a random idiot on the internet like anyone else.