its just a cold so I&#039;ll get over it.

Originally posted by Scott th Ratbag: ↑

"Maybe it would be better to catch the 'rona and get it over with, now that I'm fully vaccinated?" I wondered.
After all, isn't it just a cold in fully immunised people? And once I've had it, won't I have acquired immunity that will mean I won't get sick at all if I get it again?
That's certainly what I'd have hypothesised from four decades of frontline immunology research into T and B lymphocytes.

But for SARS-CoV-2, those assumptions appear flawed.

Last month, US researchersshared the preliminary results of a study looking at the impacts of SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfectionin a cohort of more than 5 five million American veterans.
The researchers examined the health records of more than 250,000 people who had been infected once; 36,000 people who had been infected twice; and 2,000 people who had been infected three times.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2022-07-29/covid-19-three-myths-challenge-lies-ahead/101274980

For those of us who have doubts about our own beliefs its worthwhile to fact check with people who truly know.

one thing that shook me up a bit is the accusation of organ damage with repeated infections of omicron BA.5 particularly.

I hadnt been aware of this but it certainly makes sense as the omicron attacks organs and endothelial tissues, this includes the brain through vascular clotting and damage to the tissue of the arterial wall (endothelial and connective tissue), but also neuronal damage.

and each infection does its own damage.... these issues aren't symptoms that one directly feels which go away when the body feels better, but are sequelae or consequences of the organic damage to the body.

this helps to explain long covid too.

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Since when has catching a common cold given anyone immunity from catching another one, Scotty?

These novel varieties of coronaviruses certainly aren’t much different to the common one’s, just like the common variety infection will only offer a negligible amount of immunity.

So those people in the study that had caught it 2-3 time’s have increased their chance’s of long Covid plus their infection’s are having a building effect of damage to their organ’s?

Are you saying that even if you are compliant with all the required jab’s with their supposed benefits of reducing possible illnesses or death from the Rona, each infection will still damage our organs and such?

Gee, isn’t it a pity that these jab’s didn’t provide any protection from transmission!

By the way, have you come across any suggested numbers/percentages of how effective the jab’s are at decreasing serious illnesses or death on your research journey or have you found that the claims of reducing serious illnesses/death is more of statement of hope/encouragement perhaps more of a “Vibe” than a statistical probability that has been defined with solid numbers?