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Antibodies May INCREASE Infection Risk in Children, Study Finds

by Will Jones
26 October 2022 7:00 AM

Having antibodies against COVID-19 provides children with little or no protection against infection, a study published in JAMA has found. Instead, the main determinant of protection is cellular immunity (i.e., T cells). Worse, against Omicron having antibodies actually increased the risk of infection, which may help to explain the negative vaccine effectiveness seen in a number of studies, where infection rates are higher in the vaccinated than the unvaccinated.

The study assessed protection from SARS-CoV-2 infection in 79 children aged four to 11 years in England. The results are depicted below.

Notice that the two cellular-positive bars (pink and beige) are much lower than the two cellular-negative bars. This shows that being cellular positive entailed much lower infection risk than being cellular negative, regardless of whether the person had antibodies (i.e., was seropositive). Having antibodies here did result in a slightly reduced risk of infection, but not much.

The chart above shows the infections over time. The most striking aspect is the huge green column in January for Omicron, which is for the cellular-negative. Note also that the pink bar in January is slightly higher than the beige bar. The pink bar is antibody-positive whereas the beige bar is not (both are cellular positive), suggesting antibodies here were a disadvantage against Omicron.

This unexpected result is confirmed in the next chart (above) for Omicron, which shows the infection risk in the seropositive (pink) considerably higher than the seronegative (beige) among the cellular-positive. This means that while T cells were highly protective against Omicron, antibodies appear to have been anti-protective (or at least coincided with something anti-protective or higher risk). The authors note that the small size of the study means its findings need confirming in larger studies as many of its results are not statistically significant.

The authors remark that these results are important in light of results showing the Pfizer vaccine offering just 11% protection for children aged five to 11 against Omicron – far less than the protection indicated here by cellular immunity. The authors might also have noted studies which find negative vaccine efficacy, which fit with the anti-protection from antibodies observed here.

The authors note that an earlier study had found that around two thirds of children aged four to 11 who tested negative for antibodies nonetheless had cellular responses against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, and such cellular responses were even present in four pre-pandemic samples. This is yet further indication that children gain little or nothing from Covid vaccination (both before and after infection). Yet they do bear the adverse effects, with one recent study finding up to one in every 500 children aged under five being hospitalised by the Pfizer jab.

Tags: AntibodiesCOVID-19Natural immunityT cellsVaccineVaccine efficacy

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For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
1 year ago

Oh well, as long as he says sorry, that is all right; as long as you apologise, hurty speech is permitted.Perhaps he ought to make that clear to the Met.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

I would consider an “apology” from the Khant as a downright insult. What an appalling stain on humanity and the world this creature is.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago

Off -T.

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/eco-terrorists-blight-on-the-countryside/

There is an eco nutter march in London coming up on Saturday 22nd June. I look forward to the Merry Met Mice bashing a few heads on the day.

Well, it’s something to look forward to.

Last edited 1 year ago by huxleypiggles
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Mogwai
Mogwai
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I don’t think we need to keep saying ”two-tier policing” because the jury’s in, it’s an undeniable fact now. More footage than you can shake a stick at. But here’s a short clip highlighting the contrast nevertheless. Shall we see how many police horses we can count tomorrow, when the hate marches hit the streets again? St George’s flag-bad, Palestinian/Jihad flag-good. It’s just how it is;

https://twitter.com/dannyroscoe7/status/1783206781734564264

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
1 year ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Thanks for the link Mogs 👍

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
1 year ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Someone mentioned the way to deal with Horses is marbles, this lady has some ideas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNiP-AXMMdY&t=600s

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Ron Smith
Ron Smith
1 year ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

They won’t bash their heads, they await the ‘Far Right’.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
1 year ago

Muslim sounding name 😂it couldn’t sound any more Muslim 🤪 + Mehdi Hasan !! Dear me , have a listen to an old clip of him blarting over some thousand year old misdemeanour involving He who can’t be named 😵‍💫

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varmint
varmint
1 year ago

So according to Khan’s way of thinking people only despise ULEZ because a Muslim implemented it.

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bertieboy
bertieboy
1 year ago

An ‘apology’ – really?

Last edited 1 year ago by bertieboy
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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

Apologise?

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

Sad dick will win! London is not English anymore….leave!

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Dinger64
Dinger64
1 year ago

Sadiq Khan is totally venerated!

London is lost, live with it!

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Marque1
Marque1
1 year ago

Slimy little turd! Nothing more to add.

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