Tag: COVID-19

Are you planning on getting vaccinated? How you get vaccinated can result in greater immunity according to the NY Times.

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Are you planning on getting vaccinated? How you get vaccinated can result in greater immunity according to the NY Times. We are toward the end of cold and flu season and many people continue to get the covid boosters. According to the NY Times, using both arms with multidose vaccinations is more effective than injecting the same arm with the additional dose according to researchers at Oregon Health & Science University. Apparently, using both arms improves your immune response to the vaccine.  This was true of the COVID-19 shots offered during the pandemic. Other data suggests that we respond to Read More »

It’s cold, covid ,and flu season; which foods help you recover faster?

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It’s cold, covid, and flu season; which foods help you recover faster? This cold, covid, and flu season has been bad as the masks come off and we look to find normal. Chicken soup also known as Jewish penicillin always seems to be a common thing to have and it seems to help.  Depending on whom you speak with, they may have their own regimen or cocktail to help you overcome the cold and find recover quickly.   In my case, I recommend Vitamin C, Zinc tabs, Alpha glycosyl, and Nettle for the symptoms and to help your body fight off Read More »

Could that sample from Mars be an unstoppable contagion that makes Covid-19 look like child”s play?

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Could that sample from Mars be an unstoppable contagion that makes Covid-19 look like child”s play? The NY Times had an interesting article regarding samples taken from other worlds, such as Mar’s, which could be an unstoppable contagion. Years ago, a movie called Andromeda Strain discussed the possibility that an organism from another world could be deadly to us.   Michael Crighton was the story’s author, a huge movie in 1971. Conversely, at the end of War of the Worlds, which starred Tom Cruise, where the Aliens attacked the earth and attempted to drive us to extinction, the aliens were killed Read More »

How should we measure immunity in children? Hint; its not just about antibodies.

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How should we measure immunity in children? Hint; it’s not just about antibodies. Immunity requires much more than antibodies. During the covid-19 pandemic, news services were telling us that our antibody levels had to be high to prevent infection from the virus.   We were also told that we needed a booster to maintain antibodies to protect ourselves. Then, we were told that we needed to be vaccinated or else we couldn’t see a Broadway play, or get on an airplane.   Then those who were vaccinated were getting covid-19 anyway.  Then came the variants and anyone who did not have the Read More »

Does anyone really need or want a fourth covid vaccine?

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Does anyone really need or want a fourth covid vaccine? Recent headlines suggest that Pfizer and now Moderna are lobbying the FDA to approve a fourth covid-19 booster. Do we really need this?   Pfizer attempted using Israel which has been where their other studies were staged for a second booster only a few months after people had their third booster.   The study failed to show any significant antibody increase that would warrant the second booster. Another recent study said that the one-shot Johnson and Johnson vaccine which did not increase our antibody counts like the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines did Read More »