Posted on 04/11/2021 10:13:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The coronavirus variant discovered in South Africa may evade the protection provided by Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine to some extent, a real-world data study in Israel found, though its prevalence in the country is very low and the research has not been peer reviewed.
The study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 days or more after they received one or two doses of the vaccine, against the same number of unvaccinated patients with the disease.
It matched age and gender, among other characteristics.
The South African variant, B.1.351, was found to make up about 1% of all COVID-19 cases across all the people studied, according to the study by Tel Aviv University and Israel's largest healthcare provider, Clalit.
But among patients who had received two doses of the vaccine, the variant's prevalence rate was eight times higher than those unvaccinated - 5.4% versus 0.7%.
This suggests the vaccine is less effective against the South African variant, compared with the original coronavirus and a variant first identified in Britain that has come to comprise nearly all COVID-19 cases in Israel, the researchers said.
"We found a disproportionately higher rate of the South African variant among people vaccinated with a second dose, compared to the unvaccinated group. This means that the South African variant is able, to some extent, to break through the vaccine's protection," said Tel Aviv University's Adi Stern.
The researchers cautioned, though, that the study only had a small sample size of people infected with the South African variant because of its rarity in Israel.
They also said the research was not intended to deduce overall vaccine effectiveness against any variant, since it only looked at people who had already tested positive
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Or, it may not.
Or it may end up wiping us all out. It being the Chinese bioweapon.
Then, I will die happily before the leftist thugs come to kill me.
If it happens, it happens.
At least you hang around long enough to take a few of the with you. That’s what keeps me getting out of bed in the morning.
If anyone wants to scare a Karen who got this vax, you can send them this version of a write-up about this same study:
Israeli data shows South African variant able to ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine
“If it happens, it happens.”
That’s where I am, too. I take the prophylactic vitamins and minerals, Quercitin, NAC, got the Moderna shots, and avoid large gatherings. I won’t wear a mask unless it is required in a store and then I usually only cover my mouth.
It’s a gorgeous spring day today, sunshine, and a light breeze. A family of four just walked by on the street all masked up. COVID poison gas is everywhere!
I keep a mask in my pocket. If an actual employee ask I will put it on,sort of. If it is a Karen I take a cue from a poster here and say, “I can not wear a mask. It violates my parole.” If they ask what I was convicted of I say, “I beat a busy-body white woman to death.”
A middle aged, busy-body white woman, even. ;)
Another illogical piece here. The explanation is poor, but it will motivate a few exceptional readers to think.
95% efficacy for COVID vaccines doesn’t mean there’s a 5% infection risk. Here’s why
https://news.yahoo.com/95-efficacy-covid-vaccines-doesn-200511616.html
LOL...good retort!
"The South African variant, B.1.351, was found to make up about 1% of all COVID-19 cases across all the people studied,
according to the study by Tel Aviv University and Israel's largest healthcare provider, Clalit."
"But among patients who had received two doses of the vaccine, the variant's prevalence rate was eight times higher than those unvacinated - 5.4% versus 0.7%." (Emphasis mine)
"This suggests the vaccine is less effective against the South African variant, compared with the original coronavirus
and a variant first identified in Britain that has come to comprise nearly all COVID-19 cases in Israel, the researchers said."
My Comment: small study of anomalies and viral breakthroughs.
Consider the source.
If this research holds it supports the possibility this Chinese bio-weapon was designed to have a one-two punch..
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED I SAYS!!!
I hope you're right. This would be the nightmare scenario...
Beautiful day here at 71 with wind 5-7 mph and gusting 8-10 mph.
No walkers out here with masks on.
Probably 98% of walkers downtown are wearing masks, and a large % of idiots driving in cars with their masks on.
** But among patients who had received two doses of the vaccine, the variant’s prevalence rate was eight times higher than those unvaccinated - 5.4% versus 0.7%.**
There isn’t one brain cell shared between all of the supposed journalists at Reuters. I KNOW that fully vaccinated people do NOT have only 1/8 of the protection against the South African strain that unvaccinated people have.
Impossible.
If it is a Karen I take a cue from a poster here and say, “I can not wear a mask. It violates my parole.” If they ask what I was convicted of I say, “I beat a busy-body white woman to death.”
"But among patients who had received two doses of the vaccine, the variant's prevalence rate was eight times higher than those unvacinated - 5.4% versus 0.7%."
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