South Africa's infections/cases to date and deaths; 97% immunity in the population, so why would it get this 5th wave OMICRON? Has low vaccine rate, so do they need vaccine? Why deaths so low?
Let us debate, I have my ideas, very interesting but IMO, we know this is exactly how it will unfold, remember, OMI has approx. 15 mutations on spike and more now in new sub-variant...so will ESCAPE!
Remember, vaccine confers protection to only the spike, one protein, one antigen…natural immunity looks at the entire surface of the virus and the internal N (nucleocapsid) protein. So natural immunity will always be broader and more potent etc. Durable and long lasting. It is the cellular immunity that counts more, not the spikes in antibodies due to vaccine. Are 15 and more mutations in RBD in spike protein capable (spike binding regions, receptor binding domain or N-terminus domain) of making it look so much different to the acquired antibodies in even natural innate and acquired-adaptive immunity? So that it can evade? Seems so. But the issue is recovery. Are their symptoms or mild symptoms? Is this really a breach of natural immunity or more of an ‘immune rechallenge’? Remember, Geert warns that this capacity in vaccinated persons would end soon (enhanced infection in URT by non-neutralizing Abs while blocking of severe illness in the LRT/deeper in the lungs by Abs). Vaccinated persons.
The SA data is intriguing. What we can see in the last graph on this page is that deaths bubbled a bit but not a high peak in the 5th case wave. We normally see a death spike 2-3-4 weeks post the case spike. Can we argue that even though OMI challenged natural immunity (remember, SA’s immunity is largely from natural exposure as only about 30-40% vaccinated based on reporting), likely broke through INNATE and acquired-adaptive immunity, then dealt with it, and as such, the innate/acquired offered protection enough to stave of severe outcomes? Even from sub-variants of OMI that were very very different from prior variants/initial Wuhan strain?
But remember, we have to tease apart data to see the vaxxed vs unvaxxed for it is likely we will see huge spikes in infection in the vaccinated in SA, as well as hospitalization and even death. We warned about this and the UK, Scottish, and Israeli and Danish and all the data showed this.
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I live in Cape Town, South Africa.
All my "vaxxed" middle class mates, family and work colleagues are getting sick now as winter commences with flu, stomach bugs, fevers, and other strange illnesses.
The majority of the SA working class population however remains unvaxxed and perfectly healthy.
There is therefore only one conclusion to be drawn - covid injections impede and diminish peoples' general immunity.
So, what I can't understand is that after all this time we are still hung up on "cases" as defined by a PCR test which we know is dodgy from half a dozen perspectives.
Plus, we know that "catching covid" for most of us is indistiguishable from a common cold.
So what is all the fuss still about?