A vaccine is a prevention against any bacteria or viruse. It can act like an agent to protect your body from becoming sick. It can slso weakened antibody production.
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Medication is any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness.
Daily Archives: 6. September 2021
Local COVID cases up 163% in four weeks, breakthrough infections one third of cases statewide last month | Local News |
(Sep 4, 2021)
COVID breakthrough infections soar in Massachusetts
(August 10, 2021)
“The vaccines are 95 percent effective, not a hundred percent,” said William Schaffner, MD, an infectious disease and vaccine specialist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. “We know that many of those people, older already, probably had serious underlying illnesses. Then if COVID hits you on top of that — that may be sufficient to graduate you to heaven.”
Breakthrough COVID-19 cases accelerate in Minnesota
(30.08.2021)
State health officials said a higher proportion of breakthrough infections was inevitable as more people received shots and the coronavirus had fewer unvaccinated people left to target.
Improving communications around vaccine breakthrough and vaccine effectiveness
(July 29, 2021)
Vaccine breakthrough cases may reduce public confidence in vaccines
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Delta variant vaccine breakthrough cases may be as transmissible as unvaccinated cases
CDC didn’t want you to see this data…
(August 5, 2021)
A graph, originally created by the New York Times, shows internal CDC documents acquired from the Washington Post of how infectious and lethal the delta variant is in comparison to other diseases.
In Los Angeles, Breakthrough Infections Are Now 30% Of All New Covid Cases Amid Delta Surge
(August 19, 2021)
In March 2021, when Americans first began hearing about the Delta variant of Covid-19, breakthrough infections among fully-vaccinated Angelenos accounted for just 2% of that month’s case total. By June, when Delta accounted for 50% of all variants in Los Angeles, breakthrough infections among fully-vaccinated residents had risen to 20% of all identified cases. In late July, county officials reported that the Delta variant had overwhelmed all others, accounting for more than 90% of all positive tests analyzed for variants. As a result, the ratio of breakthrough cases increased to 30%, local health officials announced today.
Fauci: ‚Dramatic Data‘ From Israel Support COVID-19 Boosters
(02.09.2021)
„And after 14 to 20 days, a 70% to 84% reduction in the risk of infection. There is no doubt from the dramatic data from the Israeli study that the boosts that are being now done there and contemplated here, support very strongly the rationale for such an approach.“
Pfizer COVID vaccine prevents 94% of asymptomatic infection, study reveals
(March 11, 2021)
Real-world data from Israel has revealed that Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is 94 percent effective in preventing asymptomatic cases, the companies said Thursday.
Using data from Israel’s vaccination campaign between Jan. 17 and March 16, the vaccine was also found to prevent 97 percent of symptomatic disease, severe disease and death, the drugmakers said.
‚Mom, I Am Sorry, I Canceled Your Operation‘: Seven Israeli Hospitals Strike Over Budget Cuts
(02.09.2021)
According to an agreement signed between the government and these hospitals, they were supposed to receive a 630-million-shekel budget between January and June 2021. Of this money, 300 million shekels were for their routine operations and 330 million shekels were for coronavirus related work. The agreement was also supposed to provide another 55 million shekels a month between June and December. However, the government has only provided these hospitals with a total of 300 million shekels.
World watches Israel‘s controversial third-dose vaccination strategy
(30.08.2021)
Those with two shots are still getting sick with what are called breakthrough infections.
Half those in Hadassa Hospital in Jerusalem are double vaccinated, a statistic that is less surprising when you take into account that more than 60 per cent of the population are fully vaccinated.
#Breaking: Israel no longer considers people who have received 2 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines „vaccinated.“ As of September 1, only 3x vaccinated are considered immune.
(29.08.2021)
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
A proclamation by the pigs who control the government in the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell. The sentence is a comment on the hypocrisy of governments that proclaim the absolute equality of their citizens but give power and privileges to a small elite.
Merriam-Webster gives „vaccine“ a new definition
(April 30, 2021)
Prefatory note: In this post, I take the noun „vaccine“ as the basic word under discussion, but also consider other cognate terms („vaccinate“, „vaccination“).
Here‘s a standard dictionary entry for „vaccine“:
n.
1. any preparation of weakened or killed bacteria or viruses introduced into the body to prevent a disease by stimulating antibodies against it.
2. the virus of cowpox, used in vaccination, obtained from pox vesicles of a cow or person.
3. a software program that helps to protect against computer viruses.
[1800–05; < New Latin (variolae)vaccīnae cowpox = vacc(a) cow + -īnae, feminine pl. of -īnus -ine] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary (cited) Let us compare that with the new M-W entry for "vaccine": : a preparation that is administered (as by injection) to stimulate the body‘s immune response against a specific infectious disease:
COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Case Investigation and Reporting
For the purpose of this surveillance, a vaccine breakthrough infection is defined as the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA or antigen in a respiratory specimen collected from a person ≥14 days after they have completed all recommended doses of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-authorized COVID-19 vaccine.
Identifying and investigating hospitalized or fatal vaccine breakthrough cases
CDC monitors reported hospitalized or fatal vaccine breakthrough cases for clustering by patient demographics, geographic location, time since vaccination, vaccine type, and SARS-CoV-2 lineage. Reported data include hospitalized or fatal breakthrough cases due to any cause, including causes not related to COVID-19.
(<....) Hospitalized or fatal COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases reported to CDC as of August 30, 2021
As of August 30, 2021, more than 173 million people in the United States had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
During the same time, CDC received reports from 49 U.S. states and territories of 12,908 patients with COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infection who were hospitalized or died.
Why CDC Changed Its ‚Breakthrough Case‘ Definition
(May 26, 2021)
The CDC‘s recent shift in monitoring breakthrough COVID-19 infections after vaccination hasn‘t sat well with everyone, as some scientists are concerned it could miss the full picture of what is happening with these breakthrough cases.
As of May 1, the agency went from monitoring all breakthrough infections after COVID-19 vaccination to focusing on only hospitalized or fatal cases.
Wöchentlicher Lagebericht des RKI zur Coronavirus-Krankheit-2019 (COVID-19) 05.08.2021
Definition wahrscheinlicher Impfdurchbruch:
Ein wahrscheinlicher Impfdurchbruch ist definiert als SARS-CoV-2-Infektion (mit klinischer Symptomatik), die bei einer vollständig geimpften Person mittels PCR oder Erregerisolierung diagnostiziert wurde. Ein vollständiger Impfschutz wird angenommen, wenn nach einer abgeschlossenen Impfserie (2 Dosen Moderna-, BioNTech- oder AstraZeneca-Vakzine bzw. 1 Dosis Janssen-Vakzine) mindestens zwei Wochen vergangen sind.
Die Impfkampagne in Deutschland hat Ende Dezember 2020 begonnen, im Folgenden sind Informationen zu Fällen und Impfdurchbrüchen ab dem 01.02.2021 dargestellt. Dies ist durch die Definition eines Impfdurchbruchs begründet (mindestens zwei Wochen nach zweiter Impfstoffdosis sowie Impfintervall von mindestens drei Wochen zwischen erster und zweiter Impfstoffdosis: frühestmöglicher Impfdurchbruch ab 01.02.2021).Insgesamt 8.715* Impfdurchbrüche wurden seit dem 01.02.2021 anhand der nach IfSG übermittelten Meldedaten identifiziert, davon 6.586 nach einer abgeschlossenen Impfserie mit Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer), 297 mit Spikevax (Moderna), 493 mit Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) und 934 mit COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen. Bei weiteren 405 Impfdurchbrüchen erfolgte anhand der vorliegenden Angaben keine Zuordnung zu den o.g. Impfstoffen.
Kreative Auslegung – Der «Impfdurchbruch»: So wird er definiert
(03.09.2021)
Denn wer die Impfung propagiert, hat kein Interesse an einer wachsenden Zahl von Impfdurchbrüchen. Die würde der laufenden Impfkampagne zuwider laufen. Und die oben genannte Definition, festgelegt vom Robert-Koch-Institut, ist dieser Mission ziemlich dienlich.
Denn ausdrücklich nicht als Impfdurchbruch gilt es, wenn eine vollständig geimpfte Person zwar beim PCR-Test ein positives Resultat aufweist, aber keine Symptome hat, also weder hustet noch sonst kränkelt. Wer mit dem Impfstoff im Körper positiv getestet ist, sich aber wohl fühlt, der hat also keinen Impfdurchbruch.
Faktencheck: Irreführende Behauptungen über die RKI-Erfassung von Coronafällen und Impfdurchbrüchen
(11.08.2021)
In einem Beitrag auf Facebook behauptet ein Nutzer, bei einem Geimpften würde ein positiver PCR-Test vom Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) nur dann als Impfdurchbruch gezählt, wenn die Person eine „klinische Symptomatik“ habe.
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Im Situationsbericht des RKI vom 5. August heißt es dazu auf Seite 17: „Ein wahrscheinlicher Impfdurchbruch ist definiert als SARS-CoV-2-Infektion (mit klinischer Symptomatik), die bei einer vollständig geimpften Person mittels PCR oder Erregerisolierung diagnostiziert wurde.“
Minister über Pläne Corona: Lockdown für Ungeimpfte rückt näher
„Krone“: Herr Dr. Mückstein, angenommen Sie sitzen als Allgemeinmediziner zu Hause vor dem Fernsehapparat und sehen in der „ZiB 2“ den Gesundheitsminister, der sagt, eine Diskussion über die 1G-Regel komme für ihn zu früh. Nur wenige Stunden später erklärt derselbe Minister, dass er sich 1G, also den Zutritt nur für Geimpfte, vorstellen kann. Welche Diagnose würden Sie stellen?
Wolfgang Mückstein: Im Sommer ist der Vorschlag aus Wien gekommen, in der Nachtgastronomie 1G einzuführen. Das war für mich zu früh, weil die Jungen noch wenig Möglichkeit hatten, sich impfen zu lassen. Jetzt haben wir eine Situation, in der wir leider die erhoffte Durchimpfungsrate nicht erreicht haben. Jetzt sagen Experten, wir müssen handeln.
„Zu ihrem eigenen Schutz“ – Verbote für Ungeimpfte
Auch 1G sei in Planung, möglicherweise ab ab Oktober, so Mückstein: „Ein Bereich ist die Nachtgastronomie, aber auch Stehpartys wie beim Après-Ski.“
„Das heißt, dass Ungeimpfte in diese Risikobereiche keinen Zutritt haben sollen. Zu ihrem eigenen Schutz“
Treffen werden die Maßnahmen – zumindest vorerst – wohl nur die Ungeimpften.