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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

How Long Will You Be Immune?

2021-03-28

[Military.com] Scientists at the VA's Office of Research and Development in White River Junction, Vermont, have found that the vaccines can provide immunity for at least seven to nine months -- a time frame similar to the immune response generated in people who have had COVID-19.

Aren’t people who had the original SARS back in 2002 still generating an immune response now? Why would the Wuhan Flu, another SARS virus, act differently?

The study examined antibodies in some of the 240,000 veterans who have contracted COVID-19, Dr. Richard Stone, VA's acting under secretary for health, said Friday.

"The evidence is that between seven and nine months, we can feel comfortable that you are still protected. We think it will be longer than that. That is not a limitation," Stone said, speaking to reporters during a news conference Friday.

Ah. Minimum rather than maximum. Gotcha.

McDonough added that the biggest challenge for VA regarding vaccine distribution is in rural areas where vaccine hesitancy is more prevalent. VA has launched mobile units designed to get vaccines out to rural and "highly rural areas," and has completed 317 missions, with another 31 planned by May 1.

"While we are very happy to see [an] uptick among our veterans of color -- in fact, we are seeing less hesitancy among Black veterans than we feared we might see -- we have work to do on rural and highly rural veterans," McDonough said.

Posted by:Bobby

#5 Saw journal article indicating a convergent mutation trend... The mutations are looking more and more alike. So hopefully Muller's ratchet is playing out again-more contagious less deadly.

Posted by: Caesar Untervehr5293 2021-03-28 19:43

#4 Mask usage is way down here in FL. You can pretty much see who will wear a mask forever even if down the road they are told they are cheating themselves out of something by doing it.

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-03-28 15:33

#3 It occurs to me that a good part of our national response resulted from the fact that President Trump is a confessed germaphobe, the only thing the Deep State “Resistance” could find that would get him to turn away from continuing to shrink government, open up the economy, end wars, build the border wall, cut off China, and otherwise continue implementing his campaign promises. So they rode the panic hard and he responded beautifully, except for organizing speeded up vaccine development with Project Warp Speed and various other manufacturing initiatives.

Posted by: trailing wife 2021-03-28 14:09

#2 You'll be immune right up until they have the next experimental agent to try out, which you will need to get or be a bad person who is going to kill everyone.

Posted by: Angstrom 2021-03-28 13:54

#1 Within 10 hours new variants of covid appear. UK, Germany lock down, Australia, Africa, Brazil and USA. Much more deadly. New vaccine needed for each possible deadly variant. Killing the host is not the desired goal. Co-mingling best future for the bugger. Common cold still eludes and they all shame and pressure those who do not comply. The great reset, the new world order. As in the military at some point mass inoculations with whatever they think is needed. Sounds like conscious objector status will become a common state of mind for many. Banned on public transportation, all travel, gatherings, schools, hospitals all for the greater good.

Posted by: Dale 2021-03-28 04:15

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