Reminder: Over 60% of the Vaccinated ALREADY Had COVID
How do you calculate the ongoing efficacy of a vaccine against a disease you're already immune to?
By now the world (minus the ladies on The View) has come to accept that natural immunity provides VERY ROBUST protection against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19).
Be sure you visit our immunity cheatsheet from a month ago! We’ll update that shortly. And if you’re not a subscriber throw us a dime or two.
I emailed the CDC some time ago asking for information about the survey they conduct around vaccine hesitancy. I was asking about cross-tabs when low and behold they sent me to a special “COVIDVaxView Managers Page” which allowed me to drill into the survey in ways I can’t do with the raw table.
I had never laid eyes on that table before but there are ALL KINDS of things to drill into. Here’s the most important stat to look at right now.
62% of respondents self-reported that they were 1) fully-vaxxed and 2) had gone through Covid ALREADY!
Now there are some weird things in the data here but regardless — the question is — how do you calculate the effectiveness of ANYTHING when a majority of people getting the vax were likely ALREADY immune to it?
When they compare cases for “fully vaccinated” vs. “not fully vaccinated” are they taking this into account?
When they log hospitalizations are they asking previous immunity question?
When they denote “not fully vaccinated” why don’t we have a breakdown of 1 shot, 2 shot, 2 shot+14 days or previously infected?
Honestly, this is just the tip of the iceberg. More on this “hidden” tool later.
Yet people keep taking booster.
Dont take RNA shot. There is no pandemic. 600,000 die each year from cancer, but government doesn't force chemo and radiation on us. 660,000 die each year from heart disease, but we aren't force fed anti-cholesterol drugs. Only 400,000 die each year WITH covid, not from it. There is no pandemic. Tell your friends, family, and employers to calm down.
Add The Ethical Skeptic’s recent outstanding article, making the compelling case the virus was here in March 2018 and it further convolutes the picture.