Vaccine still better than no vaccine.

Further to my yesterday post that questioned the wisdom of mRNA vaccines, here I go flipping to the pro side today. I suppose our reactions are no different than governments that flip back and forth in their messaging, one day providing message A, and the next day a complete reversal. These graphs, (hope you can understand them, my photoshop skills are low grade) were in the latest Economist. It shows a stark contrast in death rates between vaccinated and non vaccinated people. But the weird thing is this. These are deaths for non-Covid related issues! The first graph shows average death rate per 100 people per year. P for Phizer, M for Moderna and N for non-vaccinated. The second graph breaks down the death rate by race. H for Hispanic, W for white, B for black, A for Asian. Begs the question. What other miracle defenses are the mRNA vaccines providing? So today I’m back to supporting the vaccination drive. If only we had more health care workers to do the jabs. Let’s hope that the new technologies being pursued in the realm of dry vaccine dispensers is making progress. There is one company that seems to be well on the way to finding a solution, Rapid Dose Therapeutics (DOSE). Check it out.

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Vaccine efficacy drops to 15%!!

I was just watching the good old cbc news and the news bar at bottom just flashed something from the ontario science council. They now submit that the vaccine efficacy has dropped to 15%. Not quite believing my eyes, I rewound the item and sure enough it’s what I read. That is exactly what they now say. So this much applauded mRNA that provided me with up to 90% efficacy has now plummeted to 15%??!! And I’m the guy that believed this would revolutionize the world, possibly give us a cure for cancer. Anybody else out there see this? Because if that is true, it begs the question. Why should I keep getting booster shots if the efficacy drops off all the time? What’s the point of feeling semi-safe when you are out and about, when pubs and other social settings are so constrained by capacity rules that it negates the entire social experience. Even fully vaccinated I only have up to 90% chance of staying out of the hospital. Am I willing to run that 10% risk? It makes one wonder if the entire vaccination freight train is just a ploy of big pharma to keep us coming back while they jack up shareholder value. Is this going to be our new normal, queue up to get an appointment for a booster, in the meantime hide away at home because your old vaccine shots have so degraded, it is now dangerous to go outside. I tell ya, those anti-vaxxers are starting to look just a little bit less lunatic.

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