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The study, Comparison of the immunogenicity of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccines in Hong Kong, was published in the peer-reviewed journal Respirology. The two injections are different. The Pfizer BNT162b2 uses the modified RNA technology enclosed in a lipid nanoparticle. In contrast, the Coronavac uses an old vaccine technology using inactivated viruses that cannot replicate…
Decisions about taking medications, including vaccines, should include a risk-benefit analysis. Will I have more significant benefits from getting the vaccine (prevent death from COVID-19), or will I die from it? Death is the most significant endpoint, and it is not easily confounded by bias. Vaccine studies usually use other endpoints like “preventing severe disease”…
This article discusses a study that discovered that SARS-CoV-2 spike DNA can be found in human liver cells after the the Pfizer shot. It has always been said that the mRNA in COVID shots does not integrate into human genes because they contain messenger RNA only, which does not combine with human DNA. RNA will need an enzyme called reverse…
The study featured in this article was initially designed to see if there is mutual antipathy among the COVID-19 vaccinated and the unvaccinated. Prejudice Against the Vaccinated and the Unvaccinated During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Conjoint Experiment is available at https://psyarxiv.com/t2g45/. Their findings may not surprise some as many have felt them. Method The…
A peer-reviewed study published in Cell shows the good and the bad (mostly) about the COVID-19 shots. The study’s findings help explain why adverse reactions happen with the COVID-19 (CV19) injections. The authors compared antibodies by people who recovered from CV19 and those vaccinated with the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sputnik, and Sinopharm vaccines. Findings The…
Doctors from the University of Ferrara, University of Bologna, and the Local Health Unit of Pescara studied the entire population of the Abruzzo Region in Italy to know the rate of COVID-19 (CV19) reinfection. They defined reinfection as the presence of two positive PCR samples ≥45 days apart with ≥ 1 negative PCR test in…
There are excess deaths in Scotland for 2021, the year of the COVID vaccines rollout. The graph below from ScottishUnity.org shows Scotland’s weekly number of deaths from 2020 to 2021, and data is from the National Records of Scotland. The graph shows the percentage of deaths from Respiratory/CV19, Heart/Stroke, Dementia/Alzheimer, Cancer, and Others (trauma, suicides,…
A study from Sri Lanka on 2,493 women with COVID-19 identified that pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity increases the risk of preterm delivery ( less than 37 weeks). Data was collected from March 1, 2020, to October 31, 2021, by the Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Pregnancy outcomes of mothers with COVID-19…
A 66-year-old man with no significant medical history except for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and type 2 diabetes presented on September 1, 2021, with lymph node enlargement on his neck. The increase in size became apparent after a recent flu-like syndrome. He has no history of cancer. He had two doses of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer) 5…
A new study from Brazil looked at the devastating effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on testicular tissues among men who had severe COVID-19
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published a study from the Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, on February 3, 2022. The research answered the question. How long do naturally acquired antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus last? Specifically, they focused on antibodies against the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARs-CoV-2,…
A recent study, Zero-COVID Policies: Melbourne’s 112-Day Hard Lockdown Experiment Harmed Mostly Mothers looked at what population group is most affected by the 112-day lockdown in Melbourne. Melbourne is the second-largest city in Australia and the capital of Victoria state. The lockdown is part of the Zero-COVID strategy to achieve zero infections. The stay-at-home orders and…
The Canadian study Clinical manifestations and disease severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection among infants in Canada focused on infants who get COVID-19. They want to know their symptoms, how many are hospitalized, and the risk factors for severe COVID-19 among babies. The study is from The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, in collaboration with…
The clinical impact of maternal COVID-19 on mothers, their infants, and placentas with an analysis of vertical transfer of maternal SARS-CoV-2-specific IgG antibodies is a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is a preprint at medRxiv that came out yesterday. The research included 115 pregnant mothers with COVID-19 from December…
Moderna’s study shows the ineffectiveness of their shots against the Omicron and why they recommend a booster Moderna scientists published a study Serum Neutralizing Activity of mRNA-1273 Against the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant: A Preliminary Report that came out yesterday as a preprint in medRxiv. They took blood samples from participants in their phase 2…
Viral respiratory infections start at the nose. The nasal cavity lining is rich in ACE2 receptors, where the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of COVID-19, can attach to enter the cells and begin viral replication. The article, Nasal rinse and deep gargle stop viral respiratory infections in their tracts, talks about using saline solutions, diluted povidone-iodine,…
This article highlights a peer-reviewed study from the Imperial College of London. [1] The research answers the question, Why is it that not all people exposed to SARS-CoV-2 develop the disease? Is it possible that a previous illness from another coronavirus can protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus? Is there a better alternative to spike-based vaccines?…
The MERS was an epidemic in 2012 caused by a coronavirus. MERS stands for Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome and affects the lungs. Most MERS cases emerge from the Arabian peninsula (84%) and spread to 27 countries. According to the European CDC, the total number of MERS cases is 2,543, with 886 deaths. MERS is a…
The CDC has a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) report released on January 19, 2021. COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis — California and New York, May–November 2021. The table below shows the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations among the Vaccinated and Unvaccinated in California. The table…
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) protects the brain from harmful molecules and infections. COVID-19 and the Long COVID syndrome have neurologic and psychiatric effects. This article presents three studies that show evidence that the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 can cross the BBB and wreak havoc by itself. Endothelial cells line the inside of the BBB, and…