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"In a study published Dec.16 in Nature Neuroscience, researchers found that the spike protein, often depicted as the red arms of the virus, can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice."

I'm not saying that I know for a fact that the sinovac causes cognitive or other brain problems. I'm just saying that the spike proteins by themselves may be toxic. It is shown that the spike proteins by themselves can cross the blood brain barrier. The sinovac uses coronavirus shells (deactivated and with replaced DNA). Those coronavirus shells contain the intact spike protein. It is only just my humble opinion that I think there are better alternatives than the direct injection of viral shells or complete spike proteins.

 

I agree the new mRNA is best, but I'm a realist, and it's very likely I won't be able to get either one here. After my AZ is done, or if it's ever done, I'll look for one for a boost. Right now best would be to find one near the end of July and I'd mix n match.

 

Yes, and that was actually noted in the data they sent to Brazil. They knew it was.

97% effective at preventing death, 55% effective at preventing catching covid and and therefore reducing hospitalizations. Sinovac did not control the protocols used in the clinical trials, which partly accounted for the wide variance in results, then they have still not released data. But it seems to work fine for what it is. There were a few people who got temporary Bells Palsey (half of the face goes slack), but it seemed to disappear over a few months. The problem we all have is not releasing the data. But if that's what's available, I'd get it and shoot for the booster.

 

My plan with Sinovac or Aztrazeneca was to get the two shots, and then find Pfizer or Moderna as booster shots. Just read Bahrain is doing that.

 

Actually, it's performed well. I understand the aversion, but in the real world it performs.

A small commuter town surrounded by sugarcane fields in southeastern Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19, has shown that even a vaccine that had low efficacy in some clinical trials can dramatically control the pandemic virus.
As part of an unusual experiment to track the real-world effectiveness of CoronaVac, a COVID-19 vaccine made by a Chinese company, almost all adult residents of Serrana, in the state of São Paulo, received the required two shots between February and April, long before most would otherwise have become eligible for the vaccine. The results were dramatic. Symptomatic cases of COVID-19 have dropped by 80% since the start of mass vaccination, related hospitalizations fell 86%, and deaths plummeted 95%, the research team in charge of the experiment reported during a press conference yesterday.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/202...W0-9fYxG8NbgBnSQAPkvFBdQx9f9bNCgZMDrSgL4_SzPk

 

Canada recommends mixing and matching AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
NACI guidance based on early research from U.K., Spain that shows mixing shots is safe and effective


https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-mixing-covid-19-vaccines-astrazeneca-pfizer-moderna-naci-1.6048152

 

The Daro barangay has 44 people in it that have been waiting 7 days for the results of their swab tests.

By the time they get the results the people who were positive will have recovered and there will be another batch of infected people.

 

If something deemed so important depends on one person (your captain) then it illustrates what is wrong in this country.

 

From what I have seen it appears that the narrative has been hijacked. Particularly from the Region level up the narrative is being skewed to fit the views of the side that wants to keep things as open as possible.

Manila, Cebu and other cities have already adapted to the surges so the change in political direction does not impact them much.

This is bad timing for Dumaguete because the community had not adapted to surges before this moment in time. Now that additional restrictions are being resisted there will not be any resistance to the growth of cases. Without implementing any meaningful restrictions, we may see a very severe growth in cases and an overwhelming of the hospitals..

Furthermore the political direction seems to be as follows.

1) Focus on the Manila economy by distributing more vaccines per capita there than in the provinces. The belief is that the Manila economy is more important. There have been news reports supporting this.

2) Focus more on government front-liners A4 while skipping the A2 (over 60) and A3 (comorbidity). This appears to be happening here in Dumaguete. Maybe the influence of the provincial government being in Dumaguete is causing this. Towns without a significant government presence are following the recommended procedure and focusing on the at risk population A2 and A3. For example Valencia and Bacong are following the guidelines and vaccinating the at risk whereas Dumaguete seems to be focusing on the A4 government front-liners. Some people would see this as the political elite favoring themselves.