It’s the cold season now in the northern hemisphere, and people tend to stay indoors. It is also the holiday season which means get-togethers will be frequent. A question that may run in people’s minds is how effective is my Pfizer or the AstraZeneca COVID vaccines? That’s the question that the research from medRxiv answered….
GISAID or Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data is a website where gene sequences of coronaviruses and influenza viruses are shared. Genetic sequences from all over the world are submitted to GISAID. Based on the gene sequences, scientists can identify and categorize different strains of coronaviruses and influenza viruses. The table below shows the number of omicron variants from…
COVID-19 Infections Among Vaccinated More Common, Severe in Immunocompromised: Study From Epoch Times Breakthrough COVID-19 cases are more common and severe in people with weakened immune systems, according to a new study. Breakthrough infections are those that occur in vaccinated people. Immunocompromised vaccinated people were three times more likely to contract COVID-19, the disease caused by…
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A Tweet is circulating that says Take the booster. If you get clots or myocarditis, or heart failure it definitely came from omicron variant, not the booster. Take the booster. It’ll be fine. What? No, it’s just the omicron symptoms are identical to the vaccine, but the vaccine will protect you. The Tweet also included…
Dr. Angelique Coetzee of South Africa is credited with discovering the omicron variant among her patients. ABC Radio National interviewed Dr. Coetzee about the omicron cases that she has seen. She said most have mild symptoms like fever, fatigue, headaches, body aches, and nausea. No one showed symptoms commonly seen with the Delta variant: “No…
A study published in the British Medical Journal shows increased covid-19 infection 90 days after the second injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. Elapsed time since BNT162b2 vaccine and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection: test negative design study Results: 83 057 adults received an RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 during the study period and 9.6% had a…
An article from Great Game India asked why COVID-19 has not yet killed everyone in Bangladesh. A poor, overcrowded, and medically underserved country. The news piece said, Bangladesh just reported zero COVID deaths in the entire country in a 24-hour period. Charitably, one-quarter of the population is vaccinated. This poor, incredibly densely populated nation appears poised on…
Before 2019, some coronaviruses circulated in the population. They are the human coronaviruses 229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1. The SARS-Cov-2 entered the scene in December 2019. Every time a virus infects anyone, it mutates and changes to find a way to survive. That’s because everybody’s immune system is different. The specificity and properties of an…
Omicron symptoms mild so far, says South African doctor who spotted it From BBC Dr. Angelique Coetzee diagnosed patients who later turned out to have the COVID-19 omicron variants. The patients presented differently in that they complained of “feeling so tired with sore muscle and a slight cough.” “There are no prominent symptoms. Of…
Before you panic about the omicron, consider the Tweet below from the former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb. Of note: The 4 cases of new variant identified in Botswana were incidentally detected in well people tested before air travel, and South African Medical Association chief said – so far – symptoms seen are “mostly mild symptoms,…
An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine proposed a mechanism for myocarditis after COVID-19 or COVID vaccination. Here is how it happens. During COVID-19 infection or after COVID vaccination, antibodies develop. Anti-spike protein antibodies bind to the spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2. The antibodies prevent the virus from attaching to the ACE2…
The Journal of Immunology published a significant study that lives up to its name. Cutting Edge: Circulating Exosomes with COVID Spike Protein Are Induced by BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) Vaccination prior to Development of Antibodies: A Novel Mechanism for Immune Activation by mRNA Vaccines The study found that people vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine have exosomes carrying…
From today: Anti-Idiotype Antibodies against the Spike Proteins may Explain Myocarditis Donor Blood Can Have Spike Protein Exosomes Passengers on last flights back from South Africa before ban to stop spread of super-mutant Covid strain say they faced no extra restrictions and mixed with other travellers on return to UK From Daily Mail Health Secretary…
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the US. You may want to know the 16 Ways to Avoid COVID-19 During the Holidays. Have a safe Thanksgiving, everybody! Puzzling heart diseases in football From Berliner-Zeitung An unusually large number of professional and amateur soccer players have collapsed recently. Emergency situations have come up again and again in…
Investigation launched into abnormal spike in newborn baby deaths in Scotland From: Herald Scotland AN investigation has been launched into a spike in deaths among newborn babies in Scotland. Official figures reveal that 21 infants died during September within 28 days of birth, causing the neonatal mortality rate to breach an upper warning threshold known as the…
Acute Coronary Syndrome is a range of conditions where blood flow to the heart is restricted. Angina and myocardial infarctions are good examples. If someone has a heart attack or has severe obstructions in their coronary arteries, they need a cardiologist like Dr. Steven Gundry. Dr. Gundry is a world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon. Recently, the American…
A preprint study from the University of Texas Health Sciences Center showed that the SARS-CoV-2 antibodies from individuals who recovered from COVID-19 are as effective as the vaccinated. Neutralizing antibodies against COVID-19 should effectively block the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 from attaching to human cells. They should be specific to the receptor-binding domain (RBD)…
Mask up, even in your own house, city orders From: Russia Today Santa Cruz, California has enacted a mask mandate that controversially even requires face coverings in private homes, regardless of vaccination status. The order, which went into effect this week, comes in response to rising Covid-19 cases in the city. The indoor masking requirement…
Government agencies that make policies for the COVID-19 pandemic should learn from the Central African Republic. The Central African Republic is in the middle of Africa. Its name says it all. The image below shows the Central African Republic in green. A preprint study showed impressively high antibodies (74.1%) against the SARS-CoV-2 among unvaccinated people…
