The omicron variant is racing through communities and major cities with amazing speed. And vaccines don’t help because they don’t stop people from becoming infected and they don’t stop the spread of the virus by those who are infected. In some areas, 80% or more of the new omicron infections are among the vaccinated. But what do we expected? If in some areas 80% of the population is vaccinated, and if the vaccines don’t stop the spread, then it is natural to see 80% of the new infections arise among the vaccinated. And that’s exactly what’s happening.
The good news is the omicron is a variant with mild symptoms and it seems over within a few days. Most people suffering from an omicron infection describe it as something like a cold, maybe a mild flu at worst.
Even better news is that omicron produces antibodies that are highly effective at preventing future infections. Omicron may be the “vaccine” we’ve been waiting for. Most vaccines produce a mild version of the disease in order to produce antibodies that protect protect from severe or deadly infections. In any case, omicron appears to be more effective at preventing future infection than the gene modification experiments from Pfizer and Moderna. Unfortunately, that’s not the end of the story. Evidence from studies is now emerging that the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and other companies produce myocarditis (heart failure) in men under 40 and particularly men in the 16-25 year range. There’s almost no effective reason for young men and women to take the vaccine. They’re at relatively low risk of getting COVID and even lower risk of severe results compared to older age groups. It now appears that severe side effects including heart failure outweigh any benefit of the vaccines for younger men.
We may be near the end of the pandemic but are we now at the beginning of what may be decades of fatal and debilitating side effects from these gene modification treatments? Only time will tell.
Sven Franssen