Wellness

[Lipstickdiva]

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@Drythe wrote:

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@Lipstickdiva wrote:

This was directly copied from the original post:

If you haven't had your shot yet, don't listen to anybody here about what you should or should not do to protect your health and your body, certainly not me or any of the vaccine averse. Just ask your doctor whether the Covax is right for your personal health situation.

It seems this thread most certainly has turned into some telling others exactly what they should be doing regarding the vaccine.  And I'm sure that was the entire point of this thread to begin with. 

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I surely see lots of people saying don’t get the vaccines,

 But I’m not hearing them come out with any viable alternatives.

You do you, I’ll do me.  

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Viable alternative?  There isn't really a viable alternative. The point is some don't want the vaccine.  That is their business and their right.  Case closed.  No further discussion needs to be had.

They are doing them and they need to be left alone about it.   

[KKJ]

Exactly @Lipstickdiva !

[Porcelain]

Even more great news: The Moderna mRNA vaccine has been so massively successful that Moderna is developing several new vaccines to treat viruses that currently have no vaccines.

"Working with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and Scripps Research, Moderna has created an HIV vaccine that uses mRNA technology in an effort to generate broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies, or bNAbs, that act against the virus. Results from a phase 1 trial show that the desired response occurred in 97% of participants who received the vaccine.

In addition to RSV, CMV, and HIV, Moderna is aiming to leverage its mRNA technology to focus on creating vaccines for diseases such as Zika, malaria, influenza, and hepatitis C. There are no commercially available vaccinesfor the great majority of human viruses."

I love science. We can do anything! And nobody has to get any of these new vaccines. But for those of us who like this kind of thing, it's amazing news.

[Lipstickdiva]

Well I did not realize that this information about the 2012 study and these animals dying is something going around on FB.  Oy.

According to the lead author of that study, the animals that were vaccinated in 2012 did not die when exposed to a live virus.  Furthermore the research that was a part of that study did not involve mRNA vaccines. 

If anyone cares to read another side, if you google 2012 study mRNA vaccines, there are many articles that debunk what is being spread about these animals dying and past mRNA research.

You can decide for yourself what to believe. 

[Porcelain]

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@Porcelain wrote:

Vaccines are working. The US new Covid cases hit a the lowest point in seven months!

We saw about 48,000 new cases per day during last week. It's the first time since October that the average daily cases went below 50,000.

Over half of all Americans have gotten at least one shot. And 41% of adults are fully vaccinated.  We are winning.

If you haven't had your shot yet, don't listen to anybody here about what you should or should not do to protect your health and your body, certainly not me or any of the vaccine averse. Just ask your doctor whether the Covax is right for your personal health situation.

Let's celebrate the lower new case numbers. We all agree we want Covid gone from our country.

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More good news!

Compare this with my original post on the 6th where I celebrated the US getting below 50,000 average new cases per day.

Now we are below 30,000! That is an excellent trend.

"For the first time in 11 months, the daily average of new coronavirus infections in the United States has fallen below 30,000 amid continuing signs that most communities across the nation are emerging from the worst of the pandemic.

The seven-day average dipped to 27,815 on Friday, the lowest since June 22 and less than a tenth of the infection rate during the winter surge, according to state health department data compiled by The Washington Post."

We are also at over 60% of adults with at least one vaccine shot. Thank you so much to everyone who is helping all of us get past this! Even if we can't get rid of Covid completely right away, we can get rid of it as a danger to ourselves and those we love.