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| EU Warns Repeat Boosters Could Weaken Immune System |
| 2022-01-12 |
| [Bloomberg] European Union regulators warned that frequent Covid-19 booster shots could adversely affect the immune system and may not be feasible. Repeat booster doses every four months could eventually weaken the immune system and tire out people, according to the European Medicines Agency. Instead, countries should leave more time between booster programs and tie them to the onset of the cold season in each hemisphere, following the blueprint set out by influenza vaccination strategies, the agency said. The advice comes as some countries consider the possibility of offering people second booster shots in a bid to provide further protection against surging omicron infections. Earlier this month Israel became the first nation to start administering a second booster, or fourth shot, to those over 60. The U.K. has said that boosters are providing good levels of protection and there is no need for a second booster shot at the moment, but will review data as it evolves. Boosters "can be done once, or maybe twice, but it’s not something that we can think should be repeated constantly," Marco Cavaleri, the EMA head of biological health threats and vaccines strategy, said at a press briefing on Tuesday. "We need to think about how we can transition from the current pandemic setting to a more endemic setting." The EU regulator also said at the briefing that oral and intravenous antivirals, such as Paxlovid and Remdesivir, maintain their efficacy against omicron. The agency said that April is the soonest it could approve a new vaccine targeting a specific variant, as the process takes about three to four months. Some of the world’s largest vaccine-makers have said they are looking at producing vaccines that could target new variants. |
| Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |
| #12 For the uninitiated: +P is the 'Add Pederast' movement. NO. Everything the LGB movement, if you will, gained is being lost with the militant T. Add the +P, fuckov. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-01-12 23:28 |
| #11 "Treatin' us like we in Squid Games..." Walk the platform in the correct LGBTBBQ+P order or you fall. Fuck that shit. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-01-12 23:22 |
| #10 I'm afraid we will find out whom. Plink-O is a tough game. The LGBT+P is going to auto-assign a lot of people, and that pinball has already been served. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-01-12 23:16 |
| #9 Collapse. Capitulation next |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-01-12 22:22 |
| #8 Going to be a lot of people not willing or able to quit cold turkey, even in the face of damning evidence. Especially if people start dropping dead; the True Believers unleashing on the unvaxxed, the orcs too for defying authority. Then authority is going to have to do something to prove their mandate from heaven to rule. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-01-12 18:48 |
| #7 Bottom is falling out. It's the end of the "gradually" stage and the beginning of the "all at once" finale. That's why the war drums have been warming up in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-01-12 18:11 |
| #6 It is good to see some waking up to the "Boosters lesson the disease effects" is more sales pitch then Science! as it is a qualitative guess. They have also benched that narrative and brought "More shots equals immunity" back off the pine. Makes a person think there are many gears going here, and perhaps some are starting to lose teeth or even slip. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-01-12 17:51 |
| #5 Big Pharma is terrified with what will happen if they get caught with millions, maybe billions of unused and worthless doses. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-01-12 16:57 |
| #4 Wow. Incredible. Yet, another commercial acknowledging that there are faults within the shots. People of Science: "I'll do 10 Hail Faucis, walk on my knees to the Throne of Shot, march an accolade while banging the receipt on my forehead." Here's something a bit concerning, saw an ad for a full face filtration device "For Immune-Compromised People." Looks like a Fencing Helmet but the face shield is clear acrylic (or something similar). Getting weird plot device of The Black Hole vibes. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-01-12 16:49 |
| #3 I saw a BS commercial last night saying the initial shot may not work because you may have not had a strong - their word - response so get a booster. Not the Vaxx is crap...you're crap because you didn't respond to it right...of all the hubris.. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2022-01-12 16:28 |
| #2 In related news, I heard yet another "tell your doctor if you have or are planning on having any vaccinations" on one of those medicine commercials. Any. But you know what they sayin' though. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-01-12 15:32 |
| #1 In other news..water is wet |
| Posted by: Warthog 2022-01-12 15:11 |