Since I keep getting inquiries about the idea of antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) problems with the coronavirus vaccines, here are some fresh data (1/5)
In May, the US had 18,000 deaths from Covid-19 infections. First: if the vaccines weren’t working, you’d expect these deaths to show roughly the same proportion as that of vaccinated and unvaccinated people in general. (2/5)
And if we had a real ADE problem, you could expect proportionally *more* deaths among the vaccinated, because ADE makes subsequent infections worse - the “enhancement” part. (3/5)
By the end of May, we had just reached half of the adults in the country being fully vaccinated. Basically all the 18,000 deaths were adults as well. So, were 9,000 of them vaccinated (no efficacy) or worse, even more (ADE)? (4/5)
No. Just 150 of the deaths were in fully vaccinated people, a ratio of over 99:1. The vaccines work. They work extremely well, and we are seeing *no signs at all* of ADE. (5/5)
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