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Link: https://babylonbee.com/news/immune-system-criticized-as-anti-science

'Order of Magnitude' when it comes to reducing the risk for transmissibility of COVID-19...(see attached link).

Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2018995118

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Meaning the risk of severe disease is reduced, not enhanced by getting CoVid post-vaxx.

unvaccinated. That is not a good sign. Let's see how they fare NEXT time when they get infected again, either by same variant or a different variant. Of course people's immune systems are different, just like that people's fingerprints. Even if there is ADE, this doesn't mean every vaccinated definitely would have it.

The personal decision of "should I get vaccinated" should be a debate between doctors and patients. Unfortunately it's mostly happening on social media, where misinformation, conspiracy and anecdotal evidence abound. It's not good.

Based on all available data, risks of vaccination vs risks of getting CoVid while not vaccinated seem to make getting vaxxed the best choice for most people.

Now, we don't know the long term effects of mRNA vaccines, I think it's a valid concern, but we also don't know the long term effects of being exposed to CoVid (with or without a vaccine). So I guess it's unknowns v unknowns on the long term. But in the short-term, getting vaxxed is generally the best choice.

I believe many hospitalizations, especially from during June, July and August, were from pre-delta, i.e. caused by covid classic or alpha variant on which vaccines indeed work to a high degree. But our data is so messy and not transparent at all. It's hard to argue that this moment. But, the bottom line is, from the very beginning of pandemic until now, more 90% of infected are mild, don't need to be hospitalized. Our human immune system are the best "vaccine" in term of efficacy, responsible for 90% un-hospitalization.

By following this route you will get back to a normal life. I understand he tried to get the best benefits from both vaccine and natural infection. But I don't think it is a good route. The reason? potential ADE.

As for "to get vaccine or not get vaccine", that's an easy question for me. Just look at the risk/benefits of getting vaccine. If you're in high risk group, say you are 70 years old, benefit of course is higher. Something like vaccine's long term effect won't meant too much to you, but risk in the short term of getting infect is high. It makes sense to get vaccinated for them.

C19 occurrences and hospitalizations go down almost immediately.

It's not just about being vaccinated, it's about stopping the virus completely. This virus has shown
it will mutate. It also becomes more dangerous. Therefore, even if you have the vaccinations for protection
and catch the virus, it may not be anything more than a bother but you've given it an opportunity to
change and become stronger. You will also give it to another person and the opportunity to change happens again
Then your vaccine becomes less and less of a protection. I don't know why this is so difficult to grasp.


Wear your mask. Stop the spread. Don't be the ignominious.

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Link: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.18.21257385v1

(cloth masks) do not in themselves predict a lower spread of C19. The medrxiv is not associated with Yale University as far as I could find.
The people who publish this stuff are graduates of Yale - maybe.

No conclusions.

CDC says, any barrier (a cloth mask) helps stop the droplets going from one person to the next.

The mistake here is the belief that a mask stops you from getting the virus. It stops you from spreading the virus
is what they do. Also social distancing is the other key.

But yes, one of the talking heads on TV noted, that mask wearing is associated with the drop in cases.

This has been noted from the outset over a year ago.


Wear a mask.


Link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449

And of course, as I've posted, peer review is increasingly worthless these days.

But, there should be money spent on determining whether masks help. The data is murky at best.

So far you've failed to make your case in re: "every time there's a spike in C19 it's when masks aren't being worn. "

"One of the talking heads noted...". Yeah, solid evidence.

Let’s look at it this way.

In NYC people here started to not wear masks early summer, more cases of C19 reported, hospital stays more prevalent. City issues a mandate to wear masks, cases of C19 go down.

No peer reviewed but there appears to be something there.

Again - wearing a mask is to stop us from giving the virus to someone else. The more barriers for the virus to cross the better we are for it.

Even more important, stopping the spread so the virus can’t mutate is now a focus. Being vaccinated is just part of the battle.

Curly and the others don’t seem to want to accept that fact.

Stop the spread - wear a mask.

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