Scientists Call for Wholescale Reframing of COVID-19 Vaccination

Hammond: Viral loads of COVID-19 vaccinated people suggest equal contagiousness as the unvaccinated within 10 weeks, while natural immunity endures.

From the study:

“Consequently, different aspects of immunization benefits such as prevention and reduction of transmission (including duration of protection), severe disease, and mortality should be considered in planning booster vaccination campaigns. Decision makers should balance (i) judicious use of vaccine resources (ii) decreasing disease burden especially in high-risk populations (iii) false reassurance and promiscuous behavior due to the short-lived sterilizing immunity, which may deem vaccine campaigns as counterproductive epidemiologic restriction measure without proper communication with the public. Further studies should assess the differential benefits of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in alleviating disease vs. preventing pathogen spread. Should the lack of sterilizing immunity prove consistent, it may have major ramifications on global pandemic preparedness, vaccination rollout and medical inequity. The demonstrated short-lived immunity and rapid waning on one hand, combined with the limited impact on population on the other, may focus the need for boosters for high-risk groups only, with immediate impact on vaccination campaigns and public health measures upon disease resurgence.”

From Hammond:

“An Israeli study published in Nature Communications on November 7, 2022, provides yet further evidence of the superiority of natural immunity over the immunity induced by COVID‑19 vaccines, indicating that the natural immune are considerably less likely to contribute to the spread of SARS‑CoV‑2 than vaccinated people.”

Read the full report at jeremyrhammond.com

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