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Thoughts from Dr. Luke: Long-Haul COVID-19 with Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Thoughts from Dr. Luke: Covid-19 Boosters Confusion?
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Research Update: Covid-19 Boosters — Where from Here?
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by Paul A. Offit, M.D. April 13, 2022, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe2203329 On December 10, 2020, Pfizer presented results from a 36,000-person, two-dose, prospective, placebo-controlled trial of its Covid-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, BNT162b2, to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).1 The vaccine was 95% effective at preventing severe illness in all age groups, independent of coexisting conditions or racial or ethnic background. A remarkable result. Six months later, studies showed that protection against severe disease was holding up.2 The results of these epidemiologic studies were consistent with those of immunologic studies showing long-lived, high frequencies of Covid-19–specific memory B and T...
Thoughts from Dr. Luke: Endless Vaccination and Testing?
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Just two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine — or even one, in the case of Johnson & Johnson’s — were thought to offer sufficient protection against the coronavirus a year ago. Although vaccines appear to afford very high protection, infection with multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus remain possible. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backed away from describing anyone as “fully vaccinated” because two shots no longer seem adequate. Instead, one’s vaccination status will be “up to date” or not. Many Americans are wondering: Where does this end? Are we to roll up our sleeves for booster shots...
Research Update: Vaccine versus Variants (3Vs): Are the COVID-19 Vaccines Effective against the Variants? A Systematic Review
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