Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic
16th October 2022
Signs of immunosenescence correlate with poor outcome of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in older adults (Nature)
Omicron boosters could arm you against variants that don’t yet exist (Nature) And give you ailments you wouldn’t otherwise have gotten.
Gov. Pritzker changing the state’s recommendation on face masks
As Ebola reaches Ugandan capital, vaccines race to catch up
Researchers engineer SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant with 80% mortality rate Oh, joy.
October 17th, 2022 at 08:07
Re poor “vaccine” response in seniors. That’s hardly surprising but perhaps it was slow news day at Nature. It’s generally true that the aged have weaker immune systems. That makes them easy prey for infectious pathogens. Unfortuantely, for the same reasons, it also guarantees they will have less response to a vaccine. Gosh guys, none of this is rocket science, it’s elemantary biology anyone with an IQ above room temperature can learn without too much trouble.
In other news, one of many “dirty little secrets” of medicine is that the commonly recommended flu and pneumonia vaccines (and at least they are — or were — “real” vaccines) are, on average, of no net benefit. Look it up for yourself. In fact, I’m finding this is the case for many “interventions,” such as statins. Do your own research; you sure are not going to be told unfavorable information by your providers.