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Natural Immunity Demonstrates Superior Results Compared to Vaccinations

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Original article:  https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.10.21260232v2 (SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern exhibit reduced sensitivity to live-virus neutralization in sera from CoronaVac vaccinees and naturally infected COVID-19 patients) PDF of article Excerpt: Abstract Recent surges in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) call for the need to evaluate levels of vaccine-and infection-induced SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies (NAbs). CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech, Beijing, China) … Read more

VA mandates COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers

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WASHINGTON —  The Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday became the first major federal agency to require health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines, as the aggressive delta variant spreads across the nation and some communities report troubling increases in hospitalizations among unvaccinated people. The VA’s move came on a day when nearly 60 leading … Read more

Recent Analysis Demonstrates Natural Immunity Has Superior Long Lasting Memory With B and T-Cells

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Source article:  https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(21)00203-2#relatedArticles PDF:  Extract: Highlights Most recovered COVID-19 patients mount broad, durable immunity after infection Neutralizing antibodies show a bi-phasic decay with half-lives >200 days Spike IgG+ memory B cells increase and persist post-infection Durable polyfunctional CD4 and CD8 T cells recognize distinct viral epitope regions Summary Ending the COVID-19 pandemic will require long-lived immunity to … Read more

07/21/2021: Lab Alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing

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Original document:   https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html Audience: Individuals Performing COVID-19 Testing Level: Laboratory Alert After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. … Read more

The fiasco of the 1976 ‘swine flu affair’

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Read entire article at:  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200918-the-fiasco-of-the-us-swine-flu-affair-of-1976 With a pandemic looming, the US president announced a warp-speed effort to vaccinate every man, woman and child in the country. As Richard Fisher discovers, the mistakes that followed hold lessons for today. Pascal Imperato was waiting in line for his vaccine shot. So were the cameras. It was around … Read more

Sydney, Australia: All New COVID Hospitalizations Involve Vaccinated Individuals Except One

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Excerpt:  By Meg EllefsonJul 26, 2021 | 12:32 PM Shocker! Not really. Here is a question about the experimental injection that remains unanswered – Why are so many of those who have been “vaccinated” getting the virus and ending up in the hospital? What’s the point if it doesn’t work? And curiously, despite all of ... Read more

State launching new campaign to promote vaccination in young people

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/07/26/state-launching-new-campaign-to-promote-vaccination-in-young-people/   HOUSTON – With COVID-19 cases on the rise, state health officials are starting to target young people in a new campaign promoting vaccination. The campaign will launch with a pop-up event at the Walmart on the North Freeway and Crosstimbers and will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Officials with the Texas Department … Read more

2 of 3 Indians have Covid-19 antibodies: ICMR serosurvey findings explained

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https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-icmr-covid-fourth-serosurvey-findings-7413949/lite/?__twitter_impression=true The survey was conducted in June and July, 2021 across 70 districts of 21 states. These are the same districts where three earlier rounds have been conducted during May-June (2020); August-September (2020); and December-January (2020-2021). Written By Harikishan Sharma , Edited By Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: July 26, 2021 11:27:23 am Two-third of … Read more