https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.11.11.21266068v2
I wanted to update you on this issue of re-infection. Because at the end of the day, what matters is not infection, but what is the consequence. Does your infection result in severe outcome, hospitalization, ICU, or death? If not, if it is mild, and in this case Omicron is much milder than a common cold, then there is no need to panic. Do not let the fear mongers in the government and CNN and Fauci etc. cause you fear and panic and hysteria. Trust yourself and try to think a bit deeper and reflect.
This pre-print publication I now share supports the clinical observations by McCullough et al. that this OMICRON variant is potentially breaching all prior forms of immunity e.g. both natural and vaccinated. This goes against what we know from prior variant behavior (no re-infections) and we are studying this publication and seeking validation. I/we have to study this reporting to establish definitively if this is indeed happening for it will be a first. We have to look closely at it and particularly as to the PCR testing and the cycle count threshold (Ct) to establish how solid the diagnosis was. Often positive results are false positive (FPs) given the high sensitivity of PCR and the over cycling (Ct) of the test. We may be dealing with elevated FPs.
However, the methods in the paper appear rigorous and we are thankful higher level methods are being employed now in COVID research. present sound evidence that Omicron substantially fails to evade immunity from a prior (never vaxxed) individual recovered from a true prior infection. We can also question how sound the data is for the study’s end date is listed as the end of November 2021 but by the global reporting, Omicron did not hit S Africa until later November, early December?? This has to be examined closely before we conclude and this is how we have to read science and move forward. However, let us take the study on face value and examine it and see what it all means.
The good fantastic news is that from what we know, it is a very MILD and BRIEF syndrome in most cases (with omicron infection) that is very responsive to povidone iodine nasal and oral washes as well as hydrogen peroxide (all diluted of course and no swallowing) and supplements. McCullough informs me that the pulmonary involvement is rare and mild for elderly also and when it occurs it is easily treated with antivirals and corticosteroids HCQ/IVM/Prednisone/Budesonide. The expectation is that the risk of hospitalization and death will be very low.
Specifically, 2,796,982 individuals with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 who had a positive test result at least 90 days prior to 27 November 2021. Individuals having sequential positive tests at least 90 days apart were considered to have suspected reinfections. 35,670 suspected reinfections were identified among 2,796,982 individuals with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 who had a positive test result at least 90 days prior to 27 November 2021 (approximately 1.3%). They concluded “Population-level evidence suggests that the Omicron variant is associated with substantial ability to evade immunity from prior infection. In contrast, there is no population-wide epidemiological evidence of immune escape associated with the Beta or Delta variants.”
This ratified what we have argued all along of no evidence of re-infections and they stated this but now we ourselves are open to the potential and aware that omicron may operate differently and we are studying why. The key however is that this is mild, less than cold-like, and very brief and non-lethal, non-consequential.
McCullough to me:
“It is now clear OMICRON can infect the previously natural immune. Prior natural immunity was good against the legacy variants but now OMICRON has broken through--very mild syndrome and no treatment is needed. Its probably less symptoms than taking a VAX or BOOSTER.”
https://www.cofixrx.com/
Even the Health Ministers in Australia have claimed that, so far, omicron is an omiburger.
Interestingly, the NSW Health Minister even parrot something about "the so-called S-gene drop-out" of omicon.
Thank you for bringing out this data, as everyone is asking the same question...