Lancet against third vaccine injection. Titles collapse and doubts arise ..
Lancet, the prestigious medical journal, has published an article in which it denies the need for booster injections for mRNA vaccines, if not in a few specific cases.
The discovery comes via a report citing the views of a group of scientists from around the world. According to this article, governments would do better to focus on immunizing unvaccinated people and wait for more solid data before talking about boosters. Additionally, it is still unclear which doses would be most effective according to the authors, including two FDA experts.
The shares of Moderna, Pfizer and BioNTech traded lower on the news as boosters were the key to becoming the annual Cash cow. Here, for example, are Moderna shares
The scientists' assessment was based on a wide range of real-world observational studies and data from clinical trials prior to vaccine approval. "None of the studies have provided credible evidence of a substantial decline in protection against serious illness," the authors wrote. Here is a direct quote from the article:
To date, none of these studies have provided credible results
evidence of a substantial decline in protection against i
severe illness, even when there appear to be declines
over time in the effectiveness of the vaccine against symptomatics
illness. In a study in Minnesota, USA, estimates at 10 points
the efficacy of mRNA vaccines against hospitalization
it appeared lower in July 2021 than the previous one
6 months, but these estimates had wide confidence intervals
and may have been influenced by some of the
issues described above. Of interest, effectiveness reported
against serious illnesses in Israel it was inferior among the people
vaccinated both in January and in April and in those
vaccinated in February or March,
The FDA scientists involved were Marion Gruber, who heads the FDA's Office of Vaccines Research and Review, and his deputy Philip Krause. Both recently announced their plans to step down by the end of the year. It is now pretty clear that maybe they are doing this to oppose the throwing of the jab booster.
WHO has urged against widespread use of boosters, saying it would make more sense for public health to focus on immunizing those who have not yet received any vaccinations, both because of anti-vaccine sentiment in countries with large reservations, and because they live in places with little access to the shots.
" Even if the enhancement is ultimately shown to reduce the medium-term risk of serious disease, current vaccine supplies could save more lives when used in previously unvaccinated populations ," the authors wrote.
Furthermore, the boosters could lead to even more harmful side effects in the population, a phenomenon that is not well understood, even as cases of heart inflammation have been increasingly linked to mRNA vaccines.
For those who wish, here is the complete text at this link .
Some scientists will have to compare the US data with those of Israel and then understand why the effectiveness of the vaccine has dropped so much in that country. The observation that in any case the data on infections and hospitalizations have worsened should lead to an analysis on the true efficacy of the vaccine in a real environment.
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