Vaccines are preventives, not cures.
The purpose of vaccination is to bring the severity level down to that of a benign virus. That’s how this works. Our best protection is to keep cases low and get people vaccinated. To expect eradication of this virus right now is unrealistic.
With this said, the more people vaccinated, the more restrictions should start to be lifted. Why? We are already starting to see evidence these vaccines do prevent transmission the more data comes out; it would be extremely ignorant to suggest otherwise or disregard it.
Eradicating this virus right now from the world is a lot like trying to dig a tunnel to the center of the Earth using only a plastic spoon. It’s unrealistic. Some forget or simply don’t care (totally different virus) but Polio was endemic before it was 100% declared eradicated.
BUT, and hear me clearly and don’t even attempt to twist my words on this one: failure to eradicate this virus DOES NOT mean that death, illness or social isolation will continue on the scales we have seen so far. If you suggest otherwise you are either 1. Blatantly disregarding
the physical properties of viruses and the mechanism of vaccines and how they work or 2. Trying to push an agenda. You choose. I think a lot of people tend to forget this or just not want to acknowledge it at all. In addition, let’s not forget when we look at similar viruses that
Influenza and the four human coronaviruses (229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1) that cause common colds are also endemic. But guess what? A combination of annual vaccines and acquired immunity has allowed all of us as a society with the means to tolerate the seasonal illness they bring
without requiring lockdowns, masks and social distancing for extended periods of time. Do I think it’s a good hygienic practice for those who are sick to wear masks out in public? Absolutely. Do I believe everyone has to until we are down to 0 cases? No, because I know how this
works and I understand how viruses work and how this has gone throughout history when we look back on past pandemics and epidemics. Our future will depend heavily on the type of immunity people acquire through infection or vaccination and how this virus evolves. But, if you have
read my other thread on selective pressure, which I highly recommend you do, you will see that keeping cases low and subsequently outrunning this virus by upping mass vaccination efforts and knocking out transmission (which again, the heavy use of masks was due to the unknown
ability of these vaccines to prevent transmission at the time) is the way to go. The more we see they prevent transmission, the more they are like any other vaccine. This Coronavirus is no different than any others in a biological sense, only different in the way we treat it.
Some may not like what I have to say and that’s okay. Zero COVID is unrealistic. It has not been expected immediately of any other virus prior to it. It disregards properties of viruses, the purpose of these vaccines, and teeters dangerously on the edge of antivaxx propaganda.
Also goodness cause I’m already seeing this. Don’t take it out of context. Yes, until there is more data on the fact these continue to prevent transmission, still wear your mask. What I refer to above is more so when the majority of a population is vaccinated and protected.
I think it’s a good day to bring this up again, as we are witnessing exactly how well these vaccines do work. Lastly, if you are confused as to why it’s optimal to keep transmission down (with NPIs AND vaccines) please see this thread.
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered and isolated a broadly neutralizing plasma antibody, known as SC27, which has been shown to neutralize ALL known variants of SARS-CoV-2.
Researchers say a newly discovered antibody could pave the way for vaccines or treatments that provide universal protection against all SARS-CoV-2 variants, along with other related viruses.
Researchers at UT Austin and several other universities collaborated on this new study
Here Is All You NEED TO KNOW About The Updated COVID-19 Shots Available NEXT WEEK!
Thank You For Reading! 🧵⬇️
🎨: @JJENIAC
Recently, I have been getting a fair amount of questions regarding updated vaccines, timing, and current circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains so I figured an UPDATED thread would be helpful!
The FDA has approved and authorized UPDATED mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines. Novavax is still PENDING. The shots are formulated to target the "FLiRT" variants. KP.3 was identified this spring and has become the top variant since. This variant is part of the “FLiRT” family
Reminder. We DO have a vaccine for Mpox. It’s the Smallpox vaccine, which successfully eradicated a disease that killed more than 300 million people since 1900. A massive global vaccination campaign put an end to that disease in 1977. Please stop the misinformation.🧵⬇️
IMPORTANT NOTE. JYNNEOS (Imvanex, IMVAMUNE) is a non-replicating vaccine for smallpox that CAN BE USED SAFELY in immunocompromised individuals and individuals with skin conditions such as eczema against Mpox.
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• precisionvaccinations.com/vaccines/jynne… cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/…
Mpox IS NOT NEW. It is an emerging zoonotic disease and is actually endemic in parts of Africa. Unfortunately, some individuals are behaving as if it has just been “discovered.” Mpox has been declared a PHEIC again due to an upsurge in cases IN and NEAR the DRC. PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS HUGE! A new nasal COVID-19 vaccine BLOCKS transmission of the virus, according to a recent study out of Washington University. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a critical role in containing the spread of respiratory infections.🧵⬇️
A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that next-generation vaccines that target the virus’s points of entry- the nose and mouth- may be able to do what traditional shots cannot: contain the spread of respiratory infections
HOW COOL IS THIS? Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new dual-action antibiotic that could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible. Macrolones can work two different ways- either by interfering with protein production or corrupting DNA structure!🧵⬇️
Researchers have combined the bacteria-killing actions of two classes of antibiotics into one, demonstrating that their new antibiotic could make bacterial resistance (almost) an impossibility. The study has been published in Nature Chemical Biology.
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Pathogens such as bacteria threaten human health, so we dole out antibiotics. The bacteria then develop resistance to the antibiotics. While bacterial threat remains the same, our treatment arsenal is less effective, if it’s effective at all. In essence, that’s the problem caused
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have discovered a molecular defect that promotes the pathologic immune response in Lupus and show that reversing this defect may potentially reverse the disease!
Let’s talk about that! 🧵⬇️
The study has been published in Nature.
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Lupus- officially known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)- is an autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.5 million people in the U.S. Until this new study, the causes of this disease were unclear.nature.com/articles/s4158…
Lupus can result in life-threatening damage to multiple organs including the kidneys, brain and heart. Existing treatments often fail to control the disease and have unintended side effects of reducing the immune system’s ability to fight infections.