Breakthrough COVID cases are increasing among vaccinated persons
The dangers of ‘leaky’ vaccines
by Pinedale Online!
October 3, 2021
Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, more data is available about the disease and the results of the world’s attempts to respond to it.
- To date in Wyoming, no one under the age of 18 has reportedly died from COVID-19, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.
- In Wyoming, the recovery rate for those over age 18 who have been infected with the disease is over 98%.
- The majority of people who have died are elderly and/or have some additional health condition that put them more at risk of complications due to the virus.
- Protection from natural immunity, for people who caught the disease and have not been vaccinated, appears to last as long as 10 months to one year for some people.
- The effectiveness of the vaccine is less than hoped for (40-60%) and wanes after 4-6 months, indicating that booster shots are necessary to up effectiveness over time.
A recent report from Teton County states that breakthrough cases of COVID among fully vaccinated people accounted for 53% of all reported positive cases in the last two weeks of August, 2021. Over half the new positive cases were among fully vaccinated individuals.
Emerging data from Israel indicates that even with high population vaccination rates (Israel at 94%+) and near universal masking, studies are showing increased breakthrough cases of the Delta variant of COVID. It is clear that new COVID variants are emerging that are significantly more contagious and able to find ways around both the vaccines and spreading in places where even very strict masking protocols are practiced.
There is new concern among some that the high percentage of vaccinated people is a direct cause of creating the Delta COVID variant that is more contagious and more severely impacts unvaccinated individuals. This is similar to what has been observed over the past 50 years in studying cases of "leaky" vaccines in poultry, where mutated disease variants become highly harmful or deadly against unvaccinated animals in flocks. Known as Marek’s disease, studies have shown that "lethal" strains of mutated viruses can spread from one vaccinated individual to another, and that unvaccinated chickens were at greatest risk of disease and death if they were housed with vaccinated ones.
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What Teton County's Surge Of 'Breakthrough Cases' Actually Means
53% of confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Teton County in the last two weeks of August 2021 were vaccinated individuals. In the last two weeks (August 15-29), 372 confirmed active COVID-19 cases were reported in Teton County. 53 percent of those were breakthrough cases. That means vaccinated individuals tested positive for the virus.
By Kamila Kudelska, Wyoming Public Radio, September 1, 2021
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Teton County, Wyoming, www.tetoncountywy.gov, August 4, 2021
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Delta variant: What kind of immunity offers the highest protection?
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By Leigh Ann Green, www.medicalnewstoday.com, September 6, 2021
Nosocomial outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a highly vaccinated population, Israel, July 2021
Israel was one of the first countries to achieve a high level of full vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). From May through mid-June 2021, with more than 55% of the population fully vaccinated, new cases decreased to less than two cases per million, with no social restrictions, indicative of very high vaccine effectiveness. Since mid-June, a sharp increase in cases has been observed, attributed to the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, which by mid-July constituted more than 95% of sequenced virus isolates in Israel. This variant was assessed to have higher transmissibility than the Alpha variant. This study challenges the assumption that high universal vaccination rates will lead to herd immunity and prevent COVID-19 outbreaks. This was probably true for the wild-type SARS-CoV-2 virus, but in the outbreak described here, 96.2% of the exposed population was vaccinated. Infection advanced rapidly (many cases became symptomatic within 2 days of exposure), and viral load was high. Another accepted view is that, when facing a possible mismatch between the SARS-CoV-2 variant and vaccine or waning immunity, the combination of vaccine and face mask should provide the necessary protection. All transmissions between patients and staff occurred between masked and vaccinated individuals. Data from Israel imply that the main reason for the increase in COVID-19 cases in summer is indeed waning immunity. However, a third vaccine dose may be needed, particularly in individuals with risk factors for severe COVID-19.
By Pnina Shitrit, Neta S Zuckerman, Orna Mor, Bat-Sheva Gottesman, Michal Chowers, www.eurosurveillance.org, September 30, 2021
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National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnological Information, pubmed.gov, 2004
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, February 10, 2021
Leaky Vaccines Enhance Spread of Deadlier Chicken Viruses
Marek’s disease—an illness of fowl—is caused by a highly contagious virus. It spreads through the dust of contaminated chicken coops, and caused both paralysis and cancer. In the 1970s, new vaccines brought the disease the under control. Within ten years, it started evolving into more virulent strains, which now trigger more severe cancers and afflict chickens at earlier ages. At least one researcher believes that the vaccines were responsible. The Marek’s vaccine is "imperfect" or "leaky." That is, it protects chickens from developing disease, but doesn’t stop them from becoming infected or from spreading the virus. Inadvertently, this made it easier for the most virulent strains to survive. Such strains would normally kill their hosts so quickly that they’d die out. But in an immunized flock, they can persist because their lethal nature has been neutered. That’s not a problem for vaccinated individuals. But unvaccinated birds are now in serious trouble. Most human vaccines, those against mumps, measles, rubella, polio, and smallpox are "perfect:" They protect against disease and stop people from transmitting the respective viruses. Is there something to learn from Marek’s disease vaccines and chickens compared to what is happening with COVID vaccines and the emergence of the more contagious Delta variant and possible new future mutation forms of the COVID virus due to mass human vaccinations?
By Ed Yong, www.nationalgeographic.com, JULY 27, 2015
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