Category: Acquired immunity

mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Before vs During Pregnancy and Omicron Infection Among Infants

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Orlanda Goh, MB, BS, MPH1,2,3;  Deanette Pang, BSocSc4;  Janice Tan, BSocSc4; et alDavid Lye, MB, BS5,6,7,8;  Chia Yin Chong, MMed; Benjamin Ong, MMed4,7; Kelvin Bryan Tan, PhD4,11,12; Chee Fu Yung, MBChB5,9,10,11 JAMA Network Open. 2023;6(11):e2342475. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42475 Key Points Question  Is maternal vaccination associated with a lower risk of infection with Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants, including XBB, among infants up to 6 months of age? Findings  In this national population-based cohort study of 7292 infants aged 6 months or younger […]

What you need to know about Covid as new variant rises

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September 24, 2023 BBC News Jim Reed The number of people in hospital has gone up. Google searches have doubled in a month and booster vaccines have been brought forward because of a new variant. It might all feel a bit 2021. But – these days – how much do we really need to worry […]

Researchers find immune response to COVID strengthens over time

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by Erik Robinson, Oregon Health & Science University JANUARY 25, 2023 Immunity from COVID-19 appears to gather strength with more time between vaccination and infection, a new laboratory study from researchers at Oregon Health & Science University suggests. The findings carry implications for vaccine recommendations as the pandemic transitions to an endemic state. Researchers measured the […]

Bivalent Covid-19 Vaccines — A Cautionary Tale .

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List of authors. Paul A. Offit, M.Dt of authors. Paul A. Offit, M.D New England Journal of Medicine January 23, 2023 in Wuhan, China. Two months later, the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, called the Wuhan-1 or ancestral strain, was isolated and sequenced. It was now possible to make a vaccine. All the vaccines, including the […]

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say

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Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II, Luke Money Mon, August 1, 2022  LA Times Emerging evidence suggests that catching the coronavirus a second time can heighten long-term health risks, a worrisome development as the circulation of increasingly contagious Omicron subvariants leads to greater numbers of Californians being reinfected. Earlier in the pandemic, it was assumed that getting […]

SARS-CoV-2 infection induces long-lived bone marrow plasma cells in humans

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Authors: Jackson S. Turner, Wooseob Kim, Elizaveta Kalaidina, Charles W. Goss, Adriana M. Rauseo, Aaron J. Schmitz, Lena Hansen, Alem Haile, Michael K. Klebert, Iskra Pusic, Jane A. O’Halloran, Rachel M. Presti & Ali H. Ellebedy  Nature volume 595, pages421–425 (2021) Abstract Long-lived bone marrow plasma cells (BMPCs) are a persistent and essential source of protective antibodies1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 have a substantially lower risk of reinfection with […]

New York Times Admits Unvaxxed People Have ‘Lower Rates of Infection And Hospitalization’ Of COVID-19 Than The Vaxxed.

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Authors: Natalie Winters A January 19th update posted to the outlet’s COVID-19 live blog explains how unvaccinated individuals who previously contracted the virus “had lower rates of infection and hospitalization than those protected by vaccines alone”: During the week beginning May 30, 2021, vaccinated people who had not experienced Covid had the lowest risk of coronavirus infection […]

New data show those who recovered from Covid-19 were less likely than vaccinated to get infected during Delta wave

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Authors: Andrew Joseph  Jan. 19, 2022 New data released Wednesday showed that both vaccination and prior infection offered strong protection against infection and hospitalization from Covid-19 during the Delta wave — and that case and hospitalization rates were actually lower among people who had recovered from Covid-19 than among those who had been vaccinated. The […]

Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States

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Authors: S. V. Subramanian & Akhil Kumar  European Journal of Epidemiology (2021) Vaccines currently are the primary mitigation strategy to combat COVID-19 around the world. For instance, the narrative related to the ongoing surge of new cases in the United States (US) is argued to be driven by areas with low vaccination rates [1]. A similar narrative also has […]

Pfizer Board Member Warns Policymakers: “Natural Immunity” Needs to Be Included In COVID Mandate Plans

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Authored by: Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, MONDAY, AUG 30, 2021 – 10:20 PM Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who is a Pfizer board member, noted that “natural immunity” gained from a prior COVID-19 infection needs to be included in discussions about policies and mandates. “The balance of the evidence demonstrates that natural immunity confers […]