Swedish Professor Says 5 Shots of COVID Vaccine May be Necessary
Medical theater of the absurd...
Originally Posted by texassapper
they're saying 95% of the hospitalized covid victims were vaccinated.
Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm
I would like to sincerely thank the posters in this thread, especially Texasapper and Dilbert. You were the inspiration to make me decide for sure I'm going to get a 3rd vaccine, start wearing a mask again in crowded indoor areas, and start getting tested for COVID before I make international travel plans, in case I have asymptomatic disease. (I don't want to get stuck in a foreign country.)
Here's the latest thing I could find on COVID in Israel,
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/23/delt...e-illness.html
Around July 23, the Israeli Health Ministry said the Pfizer vaccine was 39% effective in preventing infection, 88% effective against hospitalization, and 91% effective against severe illness.
BUT, you go back just two weeks, and the Health Ministry was saying the vaccine was 64% effective against infection and 93% effective against hospitalizations and serious illness:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/i...evere-n1273101
Finally, from Texassapper's link, we've got a source, a director of a hospital, Dr. Kobi Haviv, who's saying that now most of the COVID cases in his hospital have been vaccinated.
What's happening? Four possibilities,
1. The Delta Variant is taking hold and accounting for an increasing number of cases in Israel. True, but here in the U.S. the Delta variant accounts for most of the cases, and only a very small percentage of the COVID hospitalizations are people who are vaccinated.
2. Kobi Haviv is exaggerating or something weird's going on in his hospital.
3. As time passes, the vaccine provides less immunity. There's a simple solution for this. More shots! Do what's recommended in the OP.
4. The McDingDong postulate is true. In Israel the virus is becoming resistant to the vaccine. Kobi Haviv is just reporting the latest numbers, and some mutation of the Delta variant is gaining traction in Israel, and the vaccine is not as effective for it.
Well, when in doubt, I figure the best solution is more vaccines! My only dilemma is whether to get Pfizer or Moderna for the 3rd shot.
McDingDong Postulate:
There's some debate on the web whether vaccines are causing the virus to mutate into these variants. One thing that I think gives some validity to these claims is the fact that the vaccines don't prevent people from contracting and spreading the virus. I don't think anyone is sure at the moment to what extend vaccinated people are hosting and spreading the virus, but if there is a significant amount doing so, one could hypothesize that the virus could mutate in order to more efficiently attack vaccinated people.
Originally Posted by Strokey_McDingDong