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Old 10-07-2021, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
I can't imagine that anyone in any administration said something like that. It has been well known and well publicized for over a year that these types of vaccines do not prevent anyone from getting Covid-19. It was thought at one time that the vaccines could prevent those vaccinated from transmitting it but that was also contradicted and highly publicized many months ago.

What the vaccine does it ensure that the severity of the symptoms will be less in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people.That has been pretty much common knowledge for a long time.

In fact it is possible to get the flu after being vaccinated with the annual influenza vaccine.

I had a very severe case of Covid-19. I was hospitalized for 12 days and still have minor symptoms over two months after the onset of the disease.
Every doctor that I've seen has told me that if I had not been fully vaccinated, I would not have survived.

My better half also got Covid-19 while I was in the hospital. She is also fully vaccinated and had a relatively mild case.

Whatever your symptoms are, they will be less severe if you are vaccinated. I don't recall at any time anyone stating that these vaccines would prevent a person from contracting the virus.

What so many people fail to understand is that this is a very unique virus. It is different than any other virus that we've ever seen. There has been and will continue to be a huge learning curve. I've asked my doctors many questions and they have answered many of them. But in some cases, I've been told that "honestly, we just don't know". That is why we hear information one day and it changes a week or a month later. Testing shows one thing and later a different testing shows different results.

The medical community is giving us the best information that they have at the time. That is always subject to change.

Three hundred years ago bleeding and leeches were universally accepted treatments for many conditions. Does anyone question that the sincerity of those doctors?

What I can't seem to find and answer to and haven't had the opportunity to ask a doctor is, is the amount of antibodies related to the severity of the symptoms? In other words, do I have more antibodies than a person that has a mild case?

I've tried googling and every response seems to be a long scientific paper where I have to look up every other word and do not understand even after that.

Has anyone heard anything about that?
You can be tested for antibodies, but it is expensive in the US. I heard that Germany does give those tests regularly and relied on them as much as a vaccine. Whoever gives them around here should know the answers to those questions. i am glad that you got out of the hospital.