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The absolute risk reduction (ARR), which is the difference between attack rates with and without a vaccine, considers the whole population. ARRs tend to be ignored because they give a much less impressive effect size than RRRs: 1·3% for the AstraZeneca–Oxford, 1·2% for the Moderna–NIH, 1·2% for the J&J, 0·93% for the Gamaleya, and 0·84% for the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccines.
Issue: Jan 2014
Turn Off the Cytokine Switch
A biochemical “switch” that turns on many of the chronic diseases of aging has been uncovered. Known as HMGB1, this molecule triggers the release of cytokines—a collection of chemical signals—that generate inflammation in your body. In a hospital setting, researchers have shown that mung bean seed coat and green tea extract counteract HMGB1, safely quelling acute inflammation before it becomes chronic.
Scientifically reviewed by: Dr. Gary Gonzalez, MD, on February 2020. Written By Morris Eagleton.
originally posted by: MonkeyBalls2
Ok, so not to be a 'Debbie Downer' but a new variant has reared it's head, and it doesn't look good.
Meet AY.4.2 aka Delta4-2.
It was 4th or 5th in the list yesterday.
It's already at nearly 9% of cases in the UK in what would seem to be about 2 months.
That means that the vaccine probably isn't going to prevent anything, if not a bad outcome.
The numbers over here have plateau'd, and are starting to go up again.
I hope the Delta4-2 doesn't become widespread, because it will be worse than Delta4, which is doing really, really good.
It would be our 5th wave, over here.
As a reply to Butcherguy and Mcginty,
One of my colleagues was feeling a temp on sunday, went to see the Doc on monday, had a hell's own job to get a covid test (you have to pay here now if you don't have a prescription), and only got one the next day because our companies were right up his arse about it.
We had a lot of people prepared to have to isolate if he was positive.
They just don't seem to be giving tests that easily any more...seems weird to me too.
Anyway, delta4-2 is possibly a b!tch, maybe just infectious and not deadly, but only time will tell.
Better safe than sorry.
edit : Link to List Page
originally posted by: MonkeyBalls2
a reply to: Albert999
Here you go
Some days its craps out for a while.
Delta4-2 is now in 2nd place as of yesterday I think.
It had dipped a bit a couple of days ago, but that was just a hiccup by the looks of it.
It's still got a way to go before it takes over from the original Delta4.
But the vaccinated do seem to last much longer, a month or so seems to be common. Fastest I’ve seen with no vaccine is 6 days recently.