Masks Found To Be Ineffective After First Omicron Wave: New Study


MAY 30, 2024 – Authored by Megan Redshaw, J.D. via The Epoch Times  At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks were a recommended public health measure to prevent transmission of the virus. Yet new research suggests masks were ineffective at reducing the risk of infection when Omicron became the dominant variant. In a study published in […]

Here We Go: Two New COVID Variants Named ‘FLiRT’ Reportedly Spreading Across the U.S.


By Jim Hᴏft May. 6, 2024 Just in time for the election… Two new COVID-19 variants, collectively known as “FLiRT,” have been detected and are reportedly spreading across the United States. The FLiRT variants are sub-lineages of the Omicron variant, named for the mutations they bear. The Infectious Disease Society of America states that the nickname ‘FLiRT’ is derived […]

The mRNAs Didn’t End COVID, Omicron Did: Berenson


TUESDAY, NOV 21, 2023 – 01:25 PM Authored by Alex Berenson, Unreported Truths Sometimes the answer just needs to be color-coded. For years, mRNA advocates have tried to give the jabs credit for ending the pandemic, despite massive evidence they stopped working within months and the observational data showing lower deaths among the vaccinated is […]

Large study provides scientists with deeper insight into long COVID symptoms


May 25, 2023, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute NIH-funded research effort identifies most common symptoms, potential subgroups, and initial symptom-based scoring system – with aim of improving future diagnostics and treatment Initial findings from a study of nearly 10,000 Americans, many of whom had COVID-19, have uncovered new details about long COVID, the post-infection […]

FDA says two studies showing omicron boosters weren’t much better than old Covid shots were too small to come to any conclusions


Authors: Spencer Kimball PUBLISHED FRI, OCT 28 2022 MSNBC KEY POINTS Scientists at Columbia and Harvard, in two independent studies, found the new boosters and the old shots basically performed the same against omicron BA.5. Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s vaccine division, said the new studies are small and subject to limitations. Data […]

Omicron-specific boosters fail to show benefit over original shots, study finds


by Abigail Adcox, Healthcare Reporter October 25, 2022 Washington Examiner who had received three shots with the original formula and a fourth shot of Moderna’s or Pfizer-BioNTech’s omicron booster compared to 19 people who had received four shots targeting the original strain. The study suggests that the omicron booster may not protect people from getting infected with the […]

Unraveling the Interplay of Omicron, Reinfections, and Long Covid


Authors:  Liz Szabo AUGUST 26, 2022 KHN The latest covid-19 surge, caused by a shifting mix of quickly evolving omicron subvariants, appears to be waning, with cases and hospitalizations beginning to fall. Like past covid waves, this one will leave a lingering imprint in the form of long covid, an ill-defined catchall term for a set […]

Omicron’s Mutations Impaired Vaccine Effectiveness, CDC Says


Authors: Madison Muller  August 25, 2022 Bloomberg Almost 40% of people hospitalized in the US with the Covid subvariant that circulated this spring were vaccinated and boosted, highlighting how new strains have mutated to more readily escape the immunity offered by current shots. The findings from scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and […]

Omicron is considered a milder coronavirus, but scientists aren’t so sure


Authors: Melissa Healy August 13, 2022 la times For more than two years, Cathy Baron and Sara Alicia Costa managed to duck the coronavirus. But despite their being fully vaccinated and boosted, the Omicron variant finally caught them. Baron is an actress and dance instructor who lives in Santa Monica. Costa is an architect in Austin, […]

Natural Immunity From Omicron Strong Against Virus Subvariants: Study


Authors: Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, UL 18, 2022 The protection afforded by surviving COVID-19 was strong against the latest virus subvariants, including the one currently dominant in the United States, scientists in Qatar found. People who were infected with Omicron, a variant of SARS-CoV-2, had 76.1 percent protection against symptomatic reinfection from BA.4 and BA.5 […]