Thread by @TactNowInfo

In May 2021, despite having clear indications that the vaccines wouldn't halt transmission, persistent infections, Long COVID, or COVID's evolution, the CDC revised its guidelines to permit increased transmission. At that time, Walensky, the CDC director, declared, “Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing. If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. We have all longed for this moment, when we can get back to some sense of normalcy.”

This misleading statement relieved the burden carried by conscientious individuals who prioritized protecting themselves and others. Its impact is still being felt, lingering in the minds of those who received the vaccine despite years of mounting data showing that immunity wanes and the reduced risk of infection is very short-lived (less than 3 months). We also have many studies showing the risks of asymptomatic or mild infections.


1/cnbc.com/2021/05/13/cdc…

(Published in Nature Medicine, May 17, 2021) "Modeling of the decay of the neutralization titer over the first 250 days after immunization predicts that a significant loss in protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection will occur, although protection from severe disease should be largely retained. Neutralization titers against some SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern are reduced compared with the vaccine strain, and our model predicts the relationship between neutralization and efficacy against viral variants."


2/nature.com/articles/s4159…

(August 11, 2021) "BNT162b2 effectiveness against any Delta infection, symptomatic or asymptomatic, was 64.2% ≥14 days after the first dose and before the second dose, but was only 53.5% ≥14 days after the second dose, in a population in which a large proportion of fully vaccinated persons received their second dose several months earlier."⬅️

"Both BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 are highly effective in preventing Delta hospitalization and death, but less so in preventing infection, particularly for BNT162b2."

Pre-print published August 11, 2021
Published in Nature Medicine November 2, 2021:
3/medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
nature.com/articles/s4159…

(September 7, 2021) "Taken together, these data constitute an early signal for waning protection against symptomatic illness"

Did the CDC update the guidance based on a stream of new data showing waning immunity? No, they doubled down on more vaccinations. To this day, this is still the CDC's stance despite a mountain of evidence showing that the vaccines won't stop infections, #LongCOVID, or COVID's evolution. As a result, thousands are dying every week, and millions are suffering with Long COVID. Tens of millions of families are home with sick kids or out of work because they are sick themselves. This was predictable and this is preventable.

pre-print
published in PNAS nexus, June 8, 2022 - medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

(Dec 9 2021) "Conclusions: These findings indicate that immunity against the delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 waned in all age groups a few months after receipt of the second dose of vaccine."

"The rate of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection showed a clear increase as a function of time from vaccination. Among persons 60 years of age or older who were fully vaccinated in the second half of January, the rate was 3.3 confirmed infections per 1000 persons during the study period, as compared with 2.2 confirmed infections per 1000 persons who became fully vaccinated in the second half of February and 1.7 confirmed infections per 1000 persons fully vaccinated in the second half of March. Similar results were observed in the other age groups and when the analysis was categorized according to age in decades."


5/nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

(March 10, 2022) "Waning protection against infection over time was due to both declining immunity and the emergence of the delta variant."


(April 2022) "Vaccine effectiveness waned after the second dose: at 5 months"


6/nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

(October 21, 2022) "3rd dose monovalent efficacy against hospitalization decreased to just 29% after 120 days. That was against BA.5. It's going to be much lower against future variants.

What is already known about this topic?
"Monovalent mRNA vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-19–associated hospitalization wanes over time; less is known about durability of protection during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4/BA.5–predominant period."
What is added by this report?
"Three-dose monovalent mRNA VE estimates against COVID-19–associated hospitalization decreased with time since vaccination. Three-dose VE during the BA.1/BA.2 and BA.4/BA.5 periods was 79% and 60%, respectively, during the initial 120 days after the third dose and decreased to 41% and 29%, respectively, after 120 days from vaccination."


7/cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…

The CDC is failing to provide guidance that prevents infections, persistent infections, and #LongCOVID. This isn't only killing and disabling millions of people. This is setting our children up for economic disaster and long-term health problems that lead to a diminished quality of life and ultimately shorter lives.

Is there evidence showing that COVID-19 can persist in children’s tonsils and adenoids even if they didn’t have any symptoms during the acute phase of the infection?

Yes. Tonsils and adenoids are major sites of persistent COVID-19 infections in children without any symptoms. The tonsils and adenoids are important for the development of the immune system.

We don’t know how many kids this is impacting or how many more it will impact. This study also suggests that persistent infections in the tonsils may play an important role in community transmission.

“Lymphoid tissue can be a reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 and may play an important role in community dissemination.”

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