I found a recent Italian study that is in preprint. The paper uses Italian statistics on the infection rate, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths from the different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. The authors used what appears to be reliable, high-quality data and analyses. The authors noted that hospitalization, admission to intensive care, and death from infection with the Omicron variant phase are at least 20 to 40 times less than the initial acute phase. I will break down the major details of the study in today’s post.
Read MoreOn September 7, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published a study with troubling data. The study is a large observational study that looks at 887,193 children aged 5 to 11 years in North Carolina, of whom 273,157 (30.8%) received at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine between November 1, 2021, and June 3, 2022. The study includes 193,346 children who had Covid-19 infections reported between March 11, 2020, and June 3, 2022. The researchers compared the effectiveness of the vaccines to the effectiveness of previous Covid-19 infections. They also compared the effectiveness of the vaccines when given to children that have had Covid-19. The results showed that infection from Covid-19 promotes better immunity in children than the vaccines. It also found that the immunity from the vaccines wanes quickly. Most disturbing, the vaccines appear to negate the immunity gained from infection even into negative territory. In other words, the vaccines sometimes promote Covid-19 infections. This is alarming. Read on for more information.
Read MoreThe holidays always bring more love, laughter, cheer, and peace for me, my family and friends. It has become increasingly more difficult because of all the fear mongering going on. I gave a message of hope last year by posting that things were not nearly as bad as everyone was led to believe. Once again, I bring tidings of comfort and joy that we are not dying in much greater numbers than usual. I will also share insights that Omicron is generally mild and has a much lower hospitalization and death rate than previous Covid variants. I will also discuss the main reason why the death rate is climbing, and what we can do to avoid an early exit. Lastly, enjoy the holidays and have a happy new year.
Read MoreThe reason I am writing this post today is that my 92-year-old father, who is vaccinated, recently had a fever and thought he might have Covid-19. I informed him that OTC tests are available, so I ran out and purchased one, and, thank God, he is negative. In the time we were waiting for the results (ten minutes), both he and my mother were wondering what they should do if he did have Covid.
They watch TV and the news constantly, so why do they not know anything about how important early intervention is? When I asked, they told me that none of the newspapers or news shows talk much about it. This was a shock to me, but admittedly, I don't do either of those regularly. Rather, I seek out any information I may need to help me in my daily life. So I thought I would talk a bit about what the news is apparently not covering.
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