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Agreed, but 2/3 of the Bronx did not get vaccinated (and evidently do not want to), and J&J vaccine (if it behaves similarly as AstraZeneca, as it likely will considering similarities in vaccine construction) may have only 30% effectiveness against the delta variant. The fairly large mRNA-vaccinated population of NYC may be enough of a firewall to the viral variant, but there are also enough circumstances for the possible new wave of carnage this fall... no way of telling yet.
J&J confirmed last night a similar efficacy to Delta, additionally they implied there is a diverse immune response beyond just antibodies. Killer T cell memory proven up to 8 months.
That being said Delta plus is a few mutations away from having a dramatically different spike protein. The monoclonal antibodies which saved DJ Trump's life are completely ineffective to the Delta variant. This means relying only on antibody/B Cell immunity isn't going to be sufficient.
Long term, Pharma companies need to expand the vaccine capabilities beyond just promoting a recognition of the spike protein. This is only what the virus uses to latch onto the cell...There are many things unknown about how a Killer T cell is able to hunt down foreign entities without antibody signals, it likely has something to do with Helper T chemical signaling and detection of abnormalities in inflammation caused by the invader.
In the interest of keeping this pandemic never ending and perhaps persuade more people to take the experimental vaccine who’s makers are fully immune of any liability, the Delta variant is introduced. Not to be confused with the Lufthansa variant.
Will Nyers eat this one as well or did they have enough of it.
Save your breath ..trying to get through to the anti vaxers is like trying to get someone to switch religions .
They just want to ride the coattails of those vaccinated back to a normal life while letting others take the risk ..that is the crux of it
Some of these people seem quite strange.
I have a co-worker whose sister in law died of Covid in Missouri and was buried last week. I went to express my condolences this week when he returned to the office, which were accepted nicely.
Anyway, it turns out the poor woman had asthma. Her husband had experienced a bout of Covid back in February and she took care of him and she did fine while he got better, so they expected there to be no problem for her going forward. When it attacked her she resisted going to a doctor because "it's just my asthma acting up". Eventually she wound up on a ventilator but they could not save her.
I asked my co-worker if she had been vaccinated and he said "no", neither she nor her husband took the vaccine. Then he said "My wife and I are not vaccinated either, we have our reasons". I was a little bit creeped out by it.
I don't know, maybe they are Jehovah's Witnesses or something. It seems very cultish to me. They might as well be snake handlers with that attitude.
I have a co-worker whose sister in law died of Covid in Missouri and was buried last week. I went to express my condolences this week when he returned to the office, which were accepted nicely.
Anyway, it turns out the poor woman had asthma. Her husband had experienced a bout of Covid back in February and she took care of him and she did fine while he got better, so they expected there to be no problem for her going forward. When it attacked her she resisted going to a doctor because "it's just my asthma acting up". Eventually she wound up on a ventilator but they could not save her.
I asked my co-worker if she had been vaccinated and he said "no", neither she nor her husband took the vaccine. Then he said "My wife and I are not vaccinated either, we have our reasons". I was a little bit creeped out by it.
I don't know, maybe they are Jehovah's Witnesses or something. It seems very cultish to me. They might as well be snake handlers with that attitude.
My husband and I thought about getting the vaccine and my husband even talked to his doctor about it, then a good friend had to be hospitalized after taking the vaccine with breathing issues. Asthma is a scary disease as well, a friends husband died from asthma alone. I’m sorry for your coworkers sister.
I have a co-worker whose sister in law died of Covid in Missouri and was buried last week. I went to express my condolences this week when he returned to the office, which were accepted nicely.
Anyway, it turns out the poor woman had asthma. Her husband had experienced a bout of Covid back in February and she took care of him and she did fine while he got better, so they expected there to be no problem for her going forward. When it attacked her she resisted going to a doctor because "it's just my asthma acting up". Eventually she wound up on a ventilator but they could not save her.
I asked my co-worker if she had been vaccinated and he said "no", neither she nor her husband took the vaccine. Then he said "My wife and I are not vaccinated either, we have our reasons". I was a little bit creeped out by it.
I don't know, maybe they are Jehovah's Witnesses or something. It seems very cultish to me. They might as well be snake handlers with that attitude.
"Cultish" is the group of people that all ingests the "koolaid" just because you have been ordered to by a central authority.
Asthma alone is a crapshoot. One of my annoying colleagues has a relative with Asthma that got COVID and it was experienced as a mild cold. And there are those who got COVID with no sort of health issues and died a few hours after being admitted to the ER.
Vaccination status aside, my one theory for such seemingly drastically different outcomes is Vitamin D levels and overall nutritional reserves of other fat soluble vitamins.
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