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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
First of all, very sorry to hear you have MM, but that is really the reason to avoid the vaccine in your case, especially actively receiving chemo. The "antibodies" you have are really not the sine qua non of COVID immunity. It turns out there are multiple antibodies involved, and we simply don't have a good test to determine which ones confer immunity (yet).
There should be no problem finding "anti-vaccine" web sites---just google conspiracy theories, so despite your user name, I have to question whether you are a medical doctor or just happen to have 1st and middle initials of "d" and "r"
Lastly, I am always skeptical of any post that advises people to "do their own research" Most people don't have the background in science or medicine to understand the literature nor make a reasonable conclusion. That's why we have EXPERTS to evaluate the data and advise the decision makers and inform the public. We can't have millions of "Dr. Googles" out there making their own decisions based on their "own research"
And as far as some of the treatments you mentioned, they are basically unproven. And even if they have some utility, they are after the fact treatments for active COVID. Much better to prevent it in the first place. It's pretty amazing that anti-vaxxers like to state the vaccine isn't "FDA" approved, even though it has emergency approval in this emergency, yet point to a whole array of alternative "treatments" that will never have FDA approval.
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I agree with that post. I would like to add something to the last part about FDA approval. The way I understand it is that the FDA approved the vaccines for "emergency use" after being convinced by many fairly large trials. Now they have proved themselves HIGHLY beneficial by their success for the approximately 50% of the US that have taken them - that is greater than an enormous laboratory test.
Now the FDA has been working toward FINAL approval. The FDA has to inspect and certify every factory manufacturing the vaccines and that every employee and factory line has a high degree of QUALITY CONTROL. That's what has taken a long time - the vaccines MUST be without problems because lives depend on it. And the public's ACCEPTANCE of the vaccine depends on it. Historically, one batch of the sugar-cube polio vaccine had live poliovirus in them and CAUSED many polio cases. This was probably (?) the origin point of the anti-vaccine sentiment.