Via Science.org:
“The natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-CoV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study that some scientists wish came with a ‘Don’t try this at home’ label,’ Science reported Thursday… The newly released data show people who once had a SARS-CoV-2 infection were much less likely than vaccinated people to get Delta, develop symptoms from it, or become hospitalized with serious COVID-19.”
‘Breakthrough’ Infection Risk for Vaxxed 13 Times Higher Compared to Natural Immunity From Previous COVID Infection
Via Yale-funded medRxiv:
“SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees had a 13.06-fold (95% CI, 8.08 to 21.11) increased risk for breakthrough infection with the Delta variant compared to those previously infected, when the first event (infection or vaccination) occurred during January and February of 2021. The increased risk was significant (P<0.001) for symptomatic disease as well.”
Vaccinated Carry 251 Times More Viral Load than Unvaccinated
Via The Lancet:
“Viral loads of breakthrough Delta variant infection cases were 251 times higher than those of cases infected with old strains detected between March-April 2020.”
Via CBS:
“Breakthrough Delta variant infections are associated with high viral loads, prolonged PCR positivity, and low levels of vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies.”
Research: ‘Imperfect Vaccination Can Enhance the Transmission of Highly Virulent Pathogens’
Via PLOS Biology:
“Vaccines that keep hosts alive but still allow transmission could thus allow very virulent strains to circulate in a population… anti-disease vaccines that do not prevent transmission can create conditions that promote the emergence of pathogen strains that cause more severe disease.”
What this means: when virulent new variants emerge, they will likely come not from the unvaxxed but from the vaccinated who are fertile breeding grounds/reservoirs for new strains.
What Happened to ‘Lasting Immunity’?
In June 2021, via The New York Times:
In late August 2021, via British Medical Journal:
Spectator Columnist Asks if She Is ‘Allowed’ to Talk About Vaccine Side Effects
“Nobody wants to be thought of as hysterical. Emotional. A tad neurotic. So instead these conversations are going on discreetly, on WhatsApp chats, on internet threads, in hushed tones. Who wants to be accused of being a dreaded ‘anti-vaxxer’?”
Via The Spectator
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