CDC studying reports of heart inflammation in young Covid vaccine recipients | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Traveling back in time: 1969 This entry has me time traveling back
60 years to the impossibly distant year 1960. Surprisingly, I have a lot of memories from that time in childhood when I was 9 years old. Part of the reason is that I have so many rich associations of that special place in the past where time itself didn’t seem to exist.
The USS Enterprise is thrown back in time to Earth during the 1960s by the effects of a high-gravity “black star”. Enterprise ends up in Earth’s upper atmosphere, and is picked up as a UFO on military radar. Also Neil Alden Armstrong, the first man to walk on the Moon. Armstrong set his left boot on the lunar surface at 02:56 UTC July 21, 1969, then said, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”
He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930.
Armstrong prepared his famous epigram on his own.
In a post-flight press conference, he said that he chose the words “just prior to leaving the LM.” In a 1983 interview in Esquire magazine, he explained to George Plimpton: “I always knew there was a good chance of being able to return to Earth, but I thought the chances of a successful touch down on the moon surface were about even money—fifty–fifty … Most people don’t realize how difficult the mission was. So it didn’t seem to me there was much point in thinking of something to say if we’d have to abort landing.” In 2012, his brother Dean Armstrong said that Neil showed him a draft of the line months before the launch.
In the 1960’s, Haight-Ashbury 60s – Haight-Ashbury, now called the Upper Haight, was a haven for cultural revolutionaries: hippies, artists, and psychedelic rock musicians from Jefferson Airplane to Grateful Dead.
But not all of its hippie history has vaporized disillusioned down the rabbit hole, thanks to local preservationist Norman Larson. As American air raids wreaked havoc on Vietnamese soil in 1967, in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood it was the Summer of Love.
A series of natural and political events would transpire before Haight-Ashbury would become the epicenter of the “Free Love” mentality. During its heyday, which culminated in 1967’s infamous Summer of Love, young dreamers converged in the Haight by the thousands. Historians deem the neighborhood the birthplace of the hippie movement, marked by peaceful protests and psychedelic experimentation.
The era’s greatest luminaries, from Jerry Garcia to Allen Ginsberg to Jimi Hendrix, all lived nearby. Then the movement waned, and the area began to decay along with it. “By the fall of 1967, Haight-Ashbury was nearly abandoned, trashed, and laden with drugs and homeless people,” blogger Jon Newman wrote in his essay Death of the Hippie Subculture. “With the Haight in ruins and most of its residents gone, it was simply unable to operate as a hub for music, poetry and art.”
Of course, the Haight still has a certain appeal.
There’s no better jazz-and-pizza combo in the city than at Club Deluxe, Amoeba Music offers a truly epic collection, a parklet just popped up in front of Haight Street Market and the 12-piece band that assembles in front of American Apparel on Sunday mornings always move crowds to dance in the street. Yet we can’t help but heave a sigh while pushing past gaggles of gawking tourists or stepping over the man sleeping on the sidewalk at noon.
While a stroll down Haight Street today certainly evokes nostalgia, it also makes us yearn for a place that was once the epicenter of peace and love and youth in revolt, a place we never had the chance to experience ourselves but will be forever ingrained in San Francisco’s complex,
progressive history. These are the types of people that’s trying vividly to ruin our country from inside our government today. (Bill Gates Nancy Pelosi Chuck Schumer And The Commies Found Them.)
Archie Bunker saying Meathead supercut.
How Many Vaccines Did Kids Get in the 1960s? – VAXOPEDIA
Kids got multiple doses of DPT, DT, polio, and smallpox vaccines in 1960. Using the same anti-vaccine math that gets us to 72 doses today, these kids in 1960 got 31 doses! In 1963, the measles vaccine was developed, and by the late 1960s, vaccines were also available to protect against mumps (1967) and rubella (1969). These three vaccines were combined into the MMR vaccine by Dr. Maurice Hilleman in 1971. Different COVID-19 Vaccines | CDC
Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
Sanjay Mishra
Syringes with the Astrazeneca active ingredient (l-r), Comirnaty from Biontech/Pfizer and from Moderna lie prepared in trays for vaccination against Corona.
When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidelines about mask-wearing on May 13, 2021, plenty of Americans were left a little confused. Now anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing.
Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said the new guideline is “based on the evolution of science” and “serves as an incentive” for the almost two-thirds of Americans who are not yet fully vaccinated to go ahead and get the shot.
But some people cannot be vaccinated because of underlying conditions. Others with weakened immune systems, from cancer or medical treatments, may not be fully protected by their vaccinations. Children aged 12 to 15 became eligible for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine only on May 10, 2021. And no COVID-19 vaccines are yet authorized for the nearly 50 million children in the U.S. younger than 12.
As restrictions are lifted and people start to leave their masks at home, some people worry: Can you catch COVID-19 from someone who’s vaccinated?
Vaccines don’t always prevent infection
Researchers had hoped to design safe COVID-19 vaccines that would prevent at least half of the people vaccinated from getting COVID-19 symptoms.
Fortunately, the vaccines have vastly outperformed expectations. For example, in 6.5 million residents of Israel, aged 16 years and older, the Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was found to be 95.3% effective after both shots. Within two months, among the 4.7 million fully vaccinated, the detectable infections fell by 30-fold. Similarly in California and Texas, only 0.05% of fully vaccinated health care workers tested positive for COVID-19.
Vaccine developers often hope that, in addition to preventing illness, their vaccines will achieve “sterilizing immunity,” where the vaccination blocks the germ from even being able to get into the body at all. This sterilizing immunity means someone who’s vaccinated will neither catch the virus nor transmit it further. For a vaccine to be effective, though, it doesn’t need to prevent the germ from infecting an immunized person.
The Salk inactivated polio vaccine, for instance, does not completely stop polio virus from growing in the human gut. But it is extremely effective at preventing the crippling disease because it triggers antibodies that block the virus from infecting the brain and spinal cord. Good vaccines provide effective and durable training for the body’s immune system, so when it actually encounters the disease-causing pathogen, it’s ready to mount an optimum response.
When it comes to COVID-19, immunologists are still figuring out what they call the “correlates of protection,” factors that predict just how protected someone is against the coronavirus. Researchers believe that an optimum amount of “neutralizing antibodies,” the type that not only bind the virus but also prevent it from infecting, are sufficient to fend off repeat infections. Scientists are also still assessing the durability of immunity that the COVID-19 vaccines are providing and where in the body it’s working.
Can a vaccinated person spread coronavirus?
Immunologists expect vaccines that protect against viral illnesses to also reduce transmission of the virus after vaccination. But it’s actually tricky to figure out for sure if vaccinated people are not spreading the germ.
COVID-19 poses a particular challenge because people with asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic infections can spread the disease – and insufficient contact tracing and testing mean those without symptoms are rarely detected. Some scientists estimate that the number of asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in the overall population could be 3 to 20 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. Research suggests that undocumented cases of COVID-19 in people who either were asymptomatic or experienced very mild disease could be responsible for up to 86% of all infections, though other studies contradict the high estimates.
In one study, the CDC tested volunteer health care personnel and other front-line workers at eight U.S. locations for SARS-CoV-2 infections weekly for three months, regardless of symptoms or vaccination status. The researchers found that fully immunized participants were 25 times less likely to test positive for COVID-19 than were those who were unvaccinated. Findings like this imply that if vaccinated people are so well protected from getting infected at all, they are also unlikely to spread the virus. But without contact tracing to track transmission in a larger population, it’s impossible to know if the assumption is true.
What we know for sure is that if someone does get sick with COVID-19 after vaccination, in what is called a “breakthrough infection,” symptoms will be milder. Studies have found that people who tested positive for COVID-19 after getting just their first vaccine dose had lower levels of virus in their bodies than unvaccinated people who tested positive. The researchers believe the decreased viral load hints that vaccinated people who do contract the virus will be less infectious because they will have much less virus that could be spread to others.
A preprint study which has not yet been peer-reviewed suggests that the Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can produce coronavirus-fighting antibodies in the oral and nasal fluid. Since that’s where SARS-CoV-2 makes its entry, antibodies in the mouth and nose should block the virus from getting into the body, effectively providing “sterilizing immunity.” This would also mean vaccinated people probably wouldn’t spread the virus through respiratory droplets.
These bits of evidence are promising. But without more studies, scientists cannot yet conclude that COVID-19 vaccines really do protect against all transmission. Studies attempting to directly answer this question through contact tracing are just beginning: Researchers will track COVID-19 infections among vaccinated and unvaccinated volunteers and their close contacts.
Protection and prevention go hand in hand
Vaccines help slow down the spread of an infectious disease by breaking the chain of infection. Those who are infected eventually have fewer and fewer unprotected people to pass the virus on to. This is how a vaccine increases herd immunity – susceptible and not-yet-immunized people are surrounded by a “herd” of people who have become immune, thanks to vaccination or previous infection. But studies suggest that, for a combination of biological and social reasons, vaccination alone is unlikely to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19 and fully contain the coronavirus.
In fact, vaccination alone can take a long time to eradicate any disease. Even diseases that are nearly “eliminated” – such as chickenpox, measles and pertussis – can resurface with waning immunity and declining vaccine rates.
The recent outbreak of infections among the vaccinated New York Yankees shows that vaccinated people not only can still get infected, they might also transmit the coronavirus to close contacts. Highly tested groups, such as professional sports teams, spotlight the fact that mild, asymptomatic infections among the vaccinated in the general population might actually be more frequent than reported. A similar outbreak in airport workers in Singapore shows that, even among the fully vaccinated, new and more infectious variants can spread fast.
The CDC’s relaxed guidelines on masking are meant to reassure vaccinated people that they are safe from serious illness. And they are. But the picture is less clear-cut for the unvaccinated who interact with them. Until near herd immunity against COVID-19 is achieved, and clear evidence accumulates that vaccinated people do not spread the virus, I and many epidemiologists believe it is better to avoid situations where there are chances to get infected. Vaccination coupled with continued masking and social distancing is still an effective way to stay safer.
Sanjay Mishra, Project Coordinator & Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
A statement that applies to SO many things. Giving credit where credit is due (and this is a great thread IMO) (1) Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA on Twitter: “5/ It’s normal for people to worry, but we’re really bad at weighing risks. We tend to overemphasize the risk of an action, like getting vaccinated, and underemphasize the risk of inaction, like not wearing a mask in a pandemic or not wearing your seatbelt in the car.” / Twitter
They referenced the series of Q&As I did with various people about the COVID-19 vaccines. (All of which are here: https://
vaccine q and a | NC State News (ncsu.edu)
I just learned that Pepper mild mottle virus is the most abundant mRNA virus in human poop. Now you know, too.
Pepper mild mottle virus as a water quality indicator | npj Clean Water (nature.com)
Which vaccine works best? Does it matter which one I get? Is there any real difference in terms of protection? I talked with an expert about it. And if you are wondering about these things, the news is pretty good. Vaccine Q&A: Which Vaccine Should I Get? Does It Matter? | NC State NewsWhy would Biden shut down a probe into COVID’s origins? We need to get to the bottom of this, and Biden seems either unwilling or unable to do so.
Ronna McDaniel on Twitter: “Why would Biden shut down a probe into COVID’s origins? We need to get to the bottom of this, and Biden seems either unwilling or unable to do so. https://t.co/nIlNx0r8i3” / Twitter
Bill Gates – Deleted Documentary – Why he switched from Microsoft to vaccines (bitchute.com)
(1) #Barack Obama| #Joe Biden | #Marty Walsh.
(2) #Barrack Obama | #Marty Walsh.
Can’t travel freely, can’t go to school, can’t keep a job… Unless you get the jab! And you can’t bring a new puppy home from the shelter unless it’s spayed or neutered and has all it’s shots. Just saying. This is proving to be a different story…This is no vaccine they are forcing you to take. They can’t hide it all. Research for yourself. It’s a jab jab can jab how many jab jab can a jab jab jab ??? Resist and fight with all your might!!!The Deadly Truth About Vaccines (bitchute.com)#MyBodyMyChoice#nojabs
The Lancet peer reviewed study confirms vaccine efficacy, not at 95%, but as:* AstraZeneca 1.3% * Moderna 1.2% * J&J 1.2% * Pfizer 0.84%
COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and effectiveness—the elephant (not) in the room (thelancet.com) They deceived everyone by reporting Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) rather than Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR)
Rand Paul Says “Great Deal Of Evidence At Least Suggesting” COVID-19 Origins Stem From Wuhan Lab.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine safety group is investigating reports that a ‘small number’ of teens and young adults who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have experienced heart problems days after receiving their second jab.
(1) Lady Pie 🇺🇲 on Twitter: “Terrifying if this is true. https://t.co/ntlkxoHrvx” / Twitter
(1) cdc investigating teen heart infection after jab – Bing video
“After @RandPaul dragged Fauci over pandemic misinformation (and the fact that NIH funded risky collaborations at the Wuhan Institute) he furiously backpedaled over the origins of [covid] in an effort to redirect attention from his own culpability.” #ampFW
New study claims Chinese scientists created COVID 19 in a lab https://mol.im/a/9629563 via @MailOnline
Fauci Finally Admits COVID-19 May Have Come From Wuhan Lab, ‘Not Convinced’ Of Natural Origin | ZeroHedge
Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before COVID-19 outbreak disclosed – WSJ (yahoo.com)
The Cicadas Are Coming.
“We lose our souls if we lose the experience of the forest, the honey bee, the butterflies, the lightning bug. the song of the birds, if we can’t see the stars at night” ~Thomas Berry
Maybe that is why a good talk with ‘God’ is so healing. God doesn’t give unsolicited advice, God doesn’t tell you what to do and God doesn’t speak before we’re done talking. God is a Good listener and that’s all ‘we’ need,
to find the answers within ourselves. 