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  1. Rye83

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    Everyone at every age has waning antibody levels after ANY vaccine or infection. Our body does not maintain antibody levels forever after vaccines or infections. It is just not how our immune system works. Memory cells are created by B lymphocytes to create new antibodies quickly if/when the threat is seen again. Low antibody levels is not a flaw, it is a feature. They should not be present when there is no threat. It is a bad metric to judge if a vaccine's protection is waning. We need to look at the immune system's response when a new infection occurs.

    I get that immune systems (and their responses) weaken with age. I think a lot more research needs to be done to determine who actually needs boosters and at what intervals as maintaining high antibody levels is stupid and unrealistic. That should only be a priority to high risk categories, not everyone. Though I'm sure the pharmaceutical companies would love for their vaccines to be mandated for the rest of human civilization and I'm sure politicians would love to get kickbacks from them for making that a reality.
     
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    Rye83, Nov 11, 2021
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  2. Toto

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    Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%

    Nov 5 (Reuters) - A trial of Pfizer Inc's (PFE.N) experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said on Friday.

    The results appear to surpass those seen with Merck & Co Inc's (MRK.N) pill, molnupiravir, which was shown last month to halve the likelihood of dying or being hospitalized for COVID-19 patients also at high risk of serious illness. read more

    Full trial data is not yet available from either company.


    https://www.reuters.com/business/he...l-cuts-risk-severe-covid-19-by-89-2021-11-05/
     
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    Toto, Nov 5, 2021
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  3. Dutchie

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    The results of that study are good news indeed, for three reasons:
    1. because it was a decent size (1,500 participants) placebo controlled experiment,
    2. because it is an established medication for other problems, without bad side effects for almost everyone,
    3. (maybe the most important aspect for a country like the Philippines) because it's relatively cheap.
    Obviously though, an FDA approval of the drug for use in Covid patients would be better, but that may take a while yet.
     
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  4. Toto

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    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-antidepressant-fluvoxamine-drug-hospital-death

    An inexpensive, easy-to-take pill could be the next weapon in the arsenal against COVID-19. Taking the antidepressant fluvoxamine within days of showing symptoms of an infection can dramatically cut the risk of hospitalization and death, suggests the largest trial to date of this FDA-approved generic drug as a COVID-19 treatment.

    In newly infected COVID-19 patients at high risk of complications, a 10-day course of the antidepressant fluvoxamine     cut hospitalizations by two-thirds and reduced deaths by 91 percent in patients who tolerated the medicine, researchers report October 27 in the Lancet Global Health.
     
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    Switching vax for booster seems best.
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    Toto, Oct 23, 2021
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  7. jimeve

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    I need a booster, I have had the sinovac twice. Had covid-19 since the jabs.(3 weeks ago) Don't know how the f'ck I caught it, as I only go out to Robinson's to shop and follow their procedures.
    I seem to catch anything that's going in this country. Dengue x2 Covid-19. Dengue was worse BTY.
     
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    jimeve, Oct 23, 2021
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  8. Toto

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    My wife got Moderna, so getting your wife to use kinship and friendship connections sometimes works out.
     
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    Toto, Oct 22, 2021
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    Eric Feigl-Ding
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    BOOSTERS URGENTLY—Singapore wave spiking so hard that 50% of all hospitalizations & 32% of all #COVID19 deaths are breakthroughs—all while 98% cases asymptomatic or mild & 83% of Flag of Singapore population is 2-dose vaccinated. Vaccines work—but #DeltaVariant is risky!



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    Toto, Oct 6, 2021
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