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Start off with the positive – Pfizer Covid vaccines makes more antibodies than IF one was infected! – https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/pfizer-covid-vaccine-makes-more-antibodies-than-infection-health-ministry-655844

“The Pfizer coronavirus vaccination causes more antibodies to be created than in people who were infected with the novel coronavirus and recovered, Israel’s Health Ministry stated during a meeting of the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday.

"Regarding the vaccine – there is a surprising thing here that in the data we saw during the approval of Pfizer’s vaccine – the level of antibodies it produces is higher than for those who became ill naturally. I do not know if there is another such disease in which the vaccine will protect better than infection with the disease itself," said Dr. Roy Singer, Deputy Director of the Department of Epidemiology at the Health Ministry.”

Okay the rest is downhill….

CA has paused Moderna vaccine batch as allergic reactions create anaphylactic shocks – https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/18/coronavirus-california-calls-for-pause-investigation-after-allergic-reactions-to-moderna-vaccine-batch/

“An abnormally high number of people experienced anaphylactic shock, a severe allergic reaction that requires immediate medical attention, after receiving a shot of the Moderna vaccine at one San Diego vaccination site, Dr. Erica Pan said in statement Sunday night. While the number was fewer than 10, the cluster of negative reactions prompted the California Department of Public Health to recommend pausing the administration of some 330,000 doses from the batch, which had been distributed throughout the state, until an investigation was complete.

Santa Clara County had received 21,800 shots from the batch, which was identified as Lot 41L20A, and shortly after the state issued its recommendation, the county responded by instructing local providers to also halt usage of its allotment from that batch. None of the doses had yet to be administered within the county, officials said. Additionally, they said, there has been no evidence of increased incidents of adverse reactions in Santa Clara County. In Alameda County, health officials said some local providers had received doses from the batch but that there also had been no unusual responses to the vaccine reported to county health.”

“The rate of anaphylaxis in the Moderna vaccine was expected to be about one in every 100,000, officials said. Of 1.9 million first doses of the Pfizer vaccine studied by the CDC, there were only 21 cases of anaphylaxis observed, in a report published earlier this month.”

Over 12K become infected after first shot in 2 weeks in Israel – you really need to get the second shot- https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/thousands-of-israelis-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-after-first-vaccine-shot-1.9462478

“Over 12,400 Israeli residents have tested positive for COVID-19 after being vaccinated, among them 69 people who had already gotten the second dose, which began to be administered early last week, the Health Ministry reported.

This amounts to 6.6 percent of the 189,000 vaccinated people who took coronavirus tests after being vaccinated.”

“Some 2.15 million people have been vaccinated in Israel over the past month, of whom 300,000 have already gotten a second dose.

At this stage it is still difficult to draw definitive conclusions about the effectiveness of the vaccine, for better or worse. In some groups of inoculated people during the different post-vaccine periods, the ratio of positive tests corresponds to the ratio of positive tests in the general population, the overwhelming majority of whom were not yet vaccinated. There could also be issues related to the fact that most of those vaccinated first and who have thus accumulated the most post-vaccination time are over 60 years old.”

Never good to hear news like this – but a full “health” exam is still not done – points to just because you got it once you don’t want to push your fate too much and take chances you don’t need to – treatment for Covid is still not standardized which is very sad – lung infection Tylenol Really? Awful – https://people.com/health/18-year-old-dies-after-contracting-covid-19-for-second-time/

“An 18-year-old from Denver has died after contracting the novel coronavirus for the second time, according to family and friends.

Wilber Portillo on Nov. 19 during his second bout with COVID-19, his girlfriend Andrea Ferrel told KDVR.

"He was just getting better. He had about a week of COVID-free before getting sick again," Ferrel said.”

“Two months after recovering and testing negative for the virus, Portillo came down with a fever after attending a party, according to Castillo.”

“Ferrel told KDVR that Portillo went to the doctor’s office on Nov. 18, where he was told he had a "really strong infection in his lungs" and was advised to take Tylenol.

"That was the last [time] I heard from him," she recalled. "He just went to sleep."

Portillo died in his sleep, according to Castillo, and the COVID-19 test he took during his last doctor’s visit came back positive two days after his death.”

Interesting report – China building quarantine center – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTXdxoW7phQ&feature=youtu.be

Here is what we have for China – there is some confirmation rise in the data – though very small when US is reporting 250K a day and they show only 225