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Originally Posted by Wyseguy
One of the claims made was that vaccinated individuals suffered less severe cases. Other than the June 2021 CDC preprint release which said vaccinated people were 58% less likely to report a high fever, and spend on average two days less in the hospital (The findings were reported June 2021in a preprint on a health services website and have not been peer-reviewed nor published in a medical journal.) is there any peer reviewed study that shows people vaccinated who get covid suffer milder symptoms vs those not vaccinated? Is there a study that deals with the current strain of Covid?
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Such a study may be determined to be unethical since it would require withholding a known-effective vaccine and placing people in real jeopardy of dying. Plus, it may be difficult to find a representational random sample since so many have already had the vaccine.
An approach that does work is real world observations. If the vaccine is *not* effective in lessening symptoms then the ratio of hospitalizations and deaths between vaccinated and unvaccinated would be similar to the ratio in the general population. it is not, the unvaccinated are several times more likely to be hospitalized and die. This is proof enough for me.
Now, if the question is whether a mild case in a vaccinated person is less severe than a mild case in an unvaccinated, does it really matter?
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Originally Posted by Wyseguy
As for continuous boosters, the experts from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)say getting COVID-19 booster shots may actually weaken your immune response. Researchers in Israel say a fourth COVID-19 shot doesn’t appear to produce enough antibodies to prevent infection from the Omicron variant. At times it seems there is a push to use as many vaccine shots as is possible for reasons other than the science. Once we see the lies of an agency it becomes impossible to believe what they say without facts.
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What lies and which agency? That statement seems like an attempt at justifying confirmation bias.