From my nephew (ER physician in Massachusetts):
Interesting tidbits on covid 19
Studies pending peer review (per Fauci) show the following:
Pfizer and Moderna are effective vs SA and UK variants. SA may have less antibody that’s effective, but it’s still effective nonetheless.
The vaccine lowers risk of death by 99%. With half a million Americans dead from this, that’s enormous. It prevents the disease at a 95% clip. There are many, many people who didn’t die but have long term effects from covid. 95% prevention should limit the long hauler syndrome. And those who get the disease who’ve been vaccinated carry a far lower viral load as to potentially not be contagious. That would also lend credence to the theory that if you get the vaccine, you’re not going to be a “silent carrier”, something that hasn’t been debunked as of yet.
Very intrigued to see the data on this, but if the above is true and stands up to scrutiny, then my expectation is that we have the vehicle to stop this pandemic and eventually get back to normal. It will take a long time to do so as the manufacturing of the vaccine is taking time and the delivery on a state by state basis has been rocky. No data yet on how long the immunity from the vaccine lasts and I kinda don’t want to find that out anytime soon (that means that test subjects still show antibody to this day and onward).
Side effects have been limited to immediate post injection illness and usually resolve 24 hours post injection. I haven’t seen many case reports of autoimmune processes which have been reported at incredibly low rates with seasonal flu vaccines.
My only advice to everyone is we are in the home stretch, get your vaccine as quickly as you can and stay distanced until that time. Wait until two weeks post vaccine #2 and go from there. For now, us vaccinated need to mask up until the data is clear, reviewed and there’s a consensus on lack of transmission, but I expect that very soon. I look forward to a day when we don’t have to have covid on the brain for normal activities. Stay safe all
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