COVID Vaccines (gen 1), and moving forward
tl:dr: #WearARespirator
* No sterilizing vaccine (gen 1)
Read this whole thread: https://mastodon.social/@jmcrookston/111128536513191405
If you read one source paper referenced there, read this: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1009509
It was always a lie. Vax or infection immunity fades fast.
'Sterilizing' immunity only found for pathogens that spread systemically via blood/lymph nodes (think rash -- measles, chickenpox, smallpox, etc)
* Asymptomatic transmission still occurs!
Even with Measles/Chickenpox etc, there's still transmission occurring with vaccination, we already know all too well, it happens with #COVID
* XBB 1.5 based shots have limited potential to protect
Immunity (short-term) is provided by antibodies, which the new shots produce way fewer of than compared to OG strain.
[https://zeroes.ca/@mathew1927/111058580527255277]
* Single infection likely causes immune damage/organ damage LC or not
[https://zeroes.ca/@mathew1927/110901657480421942]
* Vax/relax is a death trap, almost as foolish as being anti-vaxx (#TeamBlue)
[https://zeroes.ca/@mathew1927/111126758274632708]
* NPIs like respirators, distancing, air cleaning are essential
#CovidIsNotOver
#COVIDisAirborne
h/t @jmcrookston