Category: Booster Shot

COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Young Adults: A Risk-Benefit Assessment and Five Ethical Arguments against Mandates at Universities

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Authors: Kevin Bardosh University of Washington; University of Edinburgh – Edinburgh Medical School Allison Krug Artemis Biomedical Communications LLC Euzebiusz Jamrozik University of Oxford Trudo Lemmens University of Toronto – Faculty of Law Salmaan KeshavjeeHarvard University – Harvard Medical School Vinay Prasad University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Martin A. Makary Johns Hopkins University – […]

Omicron’s Mutations Impaired Vaccine Effectiveness, CDC Says

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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 […]

New England Journal of Medicine: “Conspiracy Theory” confirmed

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The America First Report breaks the story: July 12, 2022 Several recent studies have indicated the Covid-19 vaccines actually increase the risk of contracting the disease over time, but these studies have been ignored or even debunked by corporate media and Big Pharma for months. Now, they’ll have to contend with a new study published […]

COVID Boosters Might Be Less Than 20% Effective After a Few Months: Study

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An Italian review of COVID studies found that boosters restore vaccine effectiveness against omicron initially, but that protection falls off quickly Authors: NBC News July 8, 2022 COVID booster shots appear to be less than 20% effective against infection with the omicron variant of the virus just a few months after the booster is given, a new […]

Why are boosted Americans testing positive for COVID more than those without extra shot?

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Authors: Julia Marnin, McClatchy Washington Bureau June 7, 2022 Since late February, Americans who have gotten a booster shot appear to be testing positive for COVID-19 more often than those vaccinated without the extra shot, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. This is based on numbers up until the week of April […]

Association Between COVID-19 Booster Vaccination and Omicron Infection in a Highly Vaccinated Cohort of Players and Staff in the National Basketball Association

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Authors: Caroline G. Tai, PhD, MPH1; Lisa L. Maragakis, MD, MPH2; Sarah Connolly, PhD, MPH1; et alJohn DiFiori, MD3; Deverick J. Anderson, MD, MPH4; Yonatan H. Grad, MD, PhD5; Christina DeFilippo Mack, PhD, MSPH1 JAMA. Published online June 2, 2022. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.9479 Evaluation of COVID-19 vaccine booster effectiveness is essential as new variants of SARS-CoV-2 emerge. Data support the effectiveness of booster doses in preventing severe disease and hospitalization; however, the association with reducing incident SARS-CoV-2 infections […]

Why boosted Americans seem to be getting more COVID-19 infections

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BAuthors: ALEXANDER TIN JUNE 2, 2022 As COVID-19 cases began to accelerate again this spring, federal data suggests the rate of breakthrough COVID infections in April was worse in boosted Americans compared to unboosted Americans — though rates of deaths and hospitalizations remained the lowest among the boosted. The new data do not mean booster shots are somehow increasing the risk. Ongoing […]

More of the vaccinated and boosted landing in hospital with COVID-19

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Authors: By Ariel Hart Zachary Hansen May 19. 2022 – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Doctors say it’s caused by a combination of a variant that can escape the vaccine’s effects and the most vulnerable also being the most vaccinated As summer once again brings signs of a coming COVID-19 wave, an unusual trend has emerged: The Georgians who […]

Growing share of Covid-19 deaths are among vaccinated people, but booster shots substantially lower the risk

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Authors: Deidre McPhillips, CNN Updated 7:58 AM ET, Wed May 11, 2022 CNN Health Since Covid-19 vaccines became widely available, there has been a wide gap in deaths between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. But recent Covid deaths are much more evenly split as highly transmissible variants take hold, vaccine protection wanes and booster uptake stagnates. […]

Spectrum of neurological complications following COVID-19 vaccination

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Authors: Ravindra Kumar Garg1 and Vimal Kumar Paliwal2 Neuro 2022; 43(1): 3–40.Published online 2021 Oct 31. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05662-9PMCID: PMC8557950PMID: 34719776 Abstract COVID-19 vaccines have brought us a ray of hope to effectively fight against deadly pandemic of COVID-19 and hope to save lives. Many vaccines have been granted emergency use authorizations by many countries. Post-authorization, a wide spectrum of neurological complications […]