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I find this kind of weird – are the risk reward align for such a young age group? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/health/moderna-vaccine-children.html

“The drug company Moderna has begun a study that will test its Covid vaccine in children under 12, including babies as young as six months old, the company said on Tuesday.”

“Dr. Wohl said the study appeared well designed and likely to be efficient, but he questioned why the children were to be followed for only one year, when adults in Moderna’s study are followed for two years. He also said he was somewhat surprised to see the vaccine being tested in children so young this soon.”

Perhaps a rationalization is to prevent transmission – but begs the question how much transmission comes from younger group. Much of the school data shows issue is the teacher not students. Vaccine showing reduces transmission – https://www.verywellhealth.com/pfizer-vaccine-prevents-covid-transmission-5116193

“Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine can help prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Research has shown that the vaccine is 94% effective at preventing the spread of COVID-19.

Doctors say that it’s likely the other COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the U.S. will have similar results.”

Sad note that Pharma wins if we cant get healthy then will just be doing annual boosters for the rest of our lives – https://www.axios.com/covid-boosters-routine-0a5e0f06-b2e8-4e0c-ac0d-085507e3d404.html?

“Both sides of the Atlantic are delivering the same message right now: COVID-19 vaccine boosters will become a regular part of our life for years to come.”

A big concern for me for a long time is the youth is not building their immune system given how clean we went. We went so clean hardly any regular flu and big reduction in respiratory diseases – https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-meant-a-year-without-the-flu-thats-not-all-good-news/

“And it’s not just the flu. Case numbers for respiratory syncytial virus, which primarily affects babies and, like influenza, has a seasonal rhythm, also bottomed out. According to a paper that came out last week, the missing-in-action list also includes enterovirus D68, a likely culprit behind the polio-like kids’ disease acute flaccid myelitis. The virus and AFM come and go on a roughly every-other-year cycle, and the last round in North America was in 2018. In 2020, they, too, missed their cue.”

“(Despite early fears, surface transmission, via “fomites,” seems not to have been an issue for Covid-19.)”

“What worries modelers, though, isn’t so much the flu-less winter of 2020-21 but the next seasons for the flu, RSV, and EV-D68. Epidemiologic models that establish parameters for counting the numbers of susceptible, infected, and recovered people—SIR models—show some variation of the same worrisome outcome: After a season in which none of the susceptible people turn into infected people, the next season is a lot worse.”

I have always been a proponent of nose sprays – Xlear and Nozin when I travel – here is another option coming – https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/israeli-maker-of-nose-spray-that-kills-covid-19-applies-for-uk-rollout/

“The Israeli-led maker of a “revolutionary” nasal spray that fights COVID-19 is to apply for emergency permission to use it in the UK after announcing the results of a successful trial.

Biotech firm SaNOtize said its testing showed the spray successfully reduced the severity of the virus in patients and prevented it being transmitted to others. The Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (NONS) is designed to kill the virus in the upper airways of the body, preventing it from incubating and spreading to the lungs. ”

If you don’t want to take vaccines the rest of your life getting healthy offers multiple benefits – one thing to stay away from soda – https://www.eatthis.com/news-surprising-side-effects-soda-immune-system/

“Since soda is primarily made of sugar and sugar is known to weaken immune function, it’s fair to say that soda can wreak havoc on your body’s ability to combat illness”

“sugar in soda affects your immune system’s white blood cells, and these all-important cells are responsible for fighting infection. This is why white blood cells are commonly referred to as the "killer cells." Those who have type 2 diabetes are already susceptible to other serious health complications, such as adverse symptoms of COVID-19, so it’s critical that they keep their non-diet soda consumption low.”

“Routinely drinking sugar-sweetened beverages can decrease your insulin sensitivity, which is a major risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. Aside from cutting soda out of your diet, other ways you can improve insulin sensitivity is by removing saturated fats found in processed foods and red meat as well as by implementing a diverse exercise routine.”

“One clinical trial even found that people who drank regular soda—versus those who drank diet soda, milk, or just water—had higher levels of uric acid, which is known to promote inflammation and even insulin resistance (a major indicator of type 2 diabetes).”

“According to the Obesity Action Coalition, several studies have shown that obesity can impair immunity in a variety of ways, from decreased cytokine production to altered lymphocyte function.”

Brazil continues to top the list in confirm and deaths.