A hopeful sign for herd immunity
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In yesterday’s post, we observed:
The political-scientists still refuse to acknowledge that the vast majority of covid survivors have developed protective antibodies.
The implication: The percentage of the population that has some degree of covid protection is higher than the current 64% of 1st-shot adults … probably way higher.
And, we cited Hopkins’ Dr. Marty Makary (who is right way more often than, say, Fauci):
More than 64% have received at least one vaccine dose and, of those who haven’t, roughly half have natural immunity from prior infection.
So, some 80% to 85% of American adults are immune to the virus.
Some in “the science community” may be skeptical.
But, right on cue, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have reported out results from study that cuts to the chase.
Specifically, the researchers tracked 52,238 of Cleveland Clinic employees, recording their infection and vaccination status over a 5 month period.
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And, the data says…
> 2,579 (5% of the 52,238 total sample) had been infected with covid
> 28,102 (54% of the 52,238 total sample) got vaccinated (2-shots of Moderna)
> Less than 1% of the employees who were vaccinated subsequently caught covid
Note: The report stated “There was a “steady increase in cumulative incidence among previously uninfected subjects who remained unvaccinated” … but didn’t provide a specific number.
The infection rate in the vaxed group was in line with prior effectiveness results … in fact. better than previously reported from clinical studies.
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Here’s the big news…
> 1,359 of the Cleveland Clinic employees had a previously confirmed COVID infection but did not get vaccinated .
> NONE of these unvaxed covid survivors got infected with covid during the study period
To say the least, that’s statistically significant!
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The implications:
> The effectiveness of the Moderna vaccine was confirmed (at a higher level)
> At least in this large scale study, covid survivors appear to be protected (at least over the short-term) whether or not they get vaccinated.
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In other words, the Cleveland Clinic study seems to lend credence to Dr. Markary’s conclusion:
More than 64% have received at least one vaccine dose and, of those who haven’t, roughly half have natural immunity from prior infection.
So, some 80% to 85% of American adults are immune to the virus.
If we’re not at herd immunity levels, we’re pretty darn close!
The Homa Files 
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