Mrna was being studied. But not for this particular virus. That’s why omicron is an epidemic of the vaccinated. The virus changed the parts of the protein spike the vaccine was developed to teach your body to target.
a vaccine that does nothing to prevent infection after a few months. Can have far worse consequences.
they’re mandating it for children and the cdc’s own data is that kids under 18 have ZERO risk for death from covid. Unless they have cancer, etc…
Like sars-cov-1, previous infection of sars-cov-2 will give lifetime protection to it. Maybe not lasting immunity but subsequent infections will be nothing more than cold symptoms.
Immunocompromised people would benefit from the vaccine. We’ve nearly destroyed our economy. Almost there. Inflation will hit all time highs next summer and interest rates are about to get raised
You are wrong in so many ways. The primary need for a booster was that the interval between the 2 vaccines was too short. Normally you have several months between a series. But in order to get some degree of immunity in as many people as possible as soon as possible the decision was made to give them closer together. That is why there is a booster 6 months later, when the second dose would normally been given. In addition, I don't think anyone knows how long the immunity will last. But it is interesting that 99.7% of the current hospitalizations from COVID are unvaccinated, so the vaccine must have some effect.
In addition, being infected with Ears-cov2 will absolutely not give anyone lifetime immunity. No, nada.
As far as the kids, again, there is nothing that is Zero risk, to any one, at any age, at any time. The reason to vaccinate kids is so they won't get it and spread it to other people. And we truly have no idea about the long term effects of COVID. People are still showing lung and heart side effects a year after getting infected.
The real issue is that we have become a ME society. Its all about how it affects me, the heck with everyone else.
GO CATS
I had thought about posting a bit of a rant, but there really is no reason to, the people that have made up their minds, have made them up, and no amount of evidence is going to change that. But I will say that the ZERO risk in children without other issues are wrong. There have been healthy children buried from this virus. My wife, who is a medical provider, has seen it everyday for the past almost 2 years. She will tell you that age has little to do with it. Sure younger people are less likely to get extremely sick, but being young and healthy doesn't guarantee a mild sickness.
My wife, who is 40 years old, and my 4 children (ages 15, 12, 7, 18 months) all got it, but I did not. My wife and I are vaccinated. All my children are healthy children. My 15 year old had a headache for about 4 hours and that was it. My 7 year old had flu like symptoms for almost a week. My 18 month old was a little fussy for a few days. But my 12 year old battled it for almost 2 weeks, was dangerously close to being hospitalized, and still, 3 months later struggles to do anything that is the least bit strenuous because she can't breath. She hasn't been the same since she got it, and she still has trouble smelling certain things. My wife, who also was dangerously close to being hospitalized, finally broke through after about 8 days of battling it. She still has trouble breathing from time to time, she still cannot smell things correctly, and worst of all, she still has stomach issues to where she can barely even eat at night. Yes, they all survived and are living, but for 2 of the 5, their quality of life for the time being at least, has been drastically reduced. If you are wondering how they all had it and I never got it, it is because my wife put me to sleeping on the couch for 2 weeks and kept me at a distance from her and the children. My wife saw 30 COVID patients a day for a year and a half without bringing it home. Then her sister's kids gave it to my infant, which brought it home to the rest of my children. My wife, who is vaccinated, likely wouldn't have gotten it if it hadn't been for her taking off of work to keep the kids at home, and having to be so closely involved with my 18 month old. In fact, that is likely why my 12 year old daughter and wife had it the worst, as they are the ones that spend the most time with the younger 2. My 15 year old has been quarantining since about 6 months before COVID was even a thing.
But here is an interesting note, we have tested the antibodies in our children as well as my wife afterwards. The highest level of antibodies came from my 15 year old, which had very little in terms of symptoms. And the lowest level?? My wife and 12 year old daughter, who actually had it the worst. Also, the 18 month old, actually had some level of protection prior to getting it, as they tested him because my wife had been vaccinated and was nursing him at the time. Which also likely contributed to my wife's severity, as she was still nursing when she got it.
So, get vaccinated or don't, which ever you prefer, but for those of you who think there is no risk unless you already have a compromised health condition, you are wrong. It affects young and old, healthy and weak individuals. In my opinion, the severity of the disease is all going to depend on your viral load at the point of response from your body. Whether that viral load comes from an intake of viral particles (likely what happened to my wife as she cared for 3 fairly sick children that led to her getting it), or a lack of response allowing the virus to replicate within your body for a long time before a response is mounted.
And I hope UK gets to play UNC, just about any other game is not going to excite me much. UNC might not be that good, but for some reason, that game excites me maybe more than even OSU.