VAERS at 611410, BMJ : Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
Channel: VHFILM
Date: 2021-10-17

00:00 Open with the BMJ article observation, quote:  " “Most people who were previously ill with covid-19 have antibodies against the spike protein. If they are subsequently vaccinated, those antibodies and the products of the vaccine can form what are called immune complexes,” he explains, which may get deposited in places like the joints, meninges, and even kidneys, creating symptoms. (BMJ)
02:07 VAERS disclaimer: VAERS reports alone cannot be used to determine if a vaccine caused or contributed to an adverse event or illness. The reports may contain information that is incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable.  (CDC)
02:35 Quick Forward look at what articles we will cover
07:43 Covid-19: Sweden, Norway, and Finland suspend use of Moderna vaccine in young people ( Age 30 and Younger) “as a precaution” (BMJ)
09:41 UK was advised to stockpile PPE and screen travellers in 2016 after coronavirus modelling (BMJ)
10:37 Vaccinating people who have had covid-19: why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? (BMJ FEATURE)
27:38 BMJ exposed the Potential Conflict of Intrest of the NEJM : Covid-19: How independent were the US and British vaccine advisory committees? (BMJ)
30:31 Fears over metal flakes in Moderna vaccine after two deaths (The Times, UK)
31:47 Quote" The potentially more effective T cell defense in the respiratory tract may explain why breakthrough infections are less frequent in people with a prior COVID-19 infection compared to other vaccinated individuals" Immune response to COVID-19 vaccine different with prior infection (GLADSTONE INSTITUTES)
34:09 An objective systematic comparison of the most common adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines (Lampe & Company GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany)
36:16 COVID's crushing impact on public health (UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE)
37:22 Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 up to 15 months after infection (natural) - "" vaccine induced no or low level of RBD- and S-specific IgM (Figures 2D, 2J) and IgA (Figures 2E, 2K) antibody titers compared to that detected during natural infections" .(Division of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden)
42:32 Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in 620,000 U.S. Veterans, February 1, 2021
to August 13, 2021 "By August, protection against infection had declined to: 3% (95% CI, -7% to 12%) for Janssen; 64% (95% CI, 62%-66%) for Moderna; and 50% (95% CI, 47% to 52%) for Pfizer-BioNTech" (Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco; San Francisco, CA)





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Covid-19: Sweden, Norway, and Finland suspend use of Moderna vaccine in young people “as a precaution” (BMJ)
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2477

UK was advised to stockpile PPE and screen travellers in 2016 after coronavirus modelling
https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n2475 (BMJ)

Vaccinating people who have had covid-19: why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2101 (BMJ)

Covid-19: How independent were the US and British vaccine advisory committees?
https://www.bmj.com/content/373/bmj.n1283 (BMJ)

Fears over metal flakes in Moderna vaccine after two deaths
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fears-over-metal-flakes-in-moderna-vaccine-after-two-deaths-vvmvvdqpw  (The Times, UK)

Immune response to COVID-19 vaccine different with prior infection
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/931316 (GLADSTONE INSTITUTES)

An objective systematic comparison of the most common adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines
(Lampe & Company GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany)
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.11.21264830v1

COVID's crushing impact on public health
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/931652

Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 up to 15 months after infection
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.08.463699v1.full

Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections in 620,000 U.S. Veterans, February 1, 2021
to August 13, 2021 (4Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco; San Francisco, CA) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.13.21264966v1.full.pdf