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* [[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-11-26/who-meeting-amidst-rise-nu-variant-underscores-failed-vaccination-strategy|Nov 26, 2021]] [[:ZeroHedge]]: WHO Meeting Amidst the Rise of the Nu Variant Underscores Failing Vaccination Strategy | * [[https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-11-26/who-meeting-amidst-rise-nu-variant-underscores-failed-vaccination-strategy|Nov 26, 2021]] [[:ZeroHedge]]: WHO Meeting Amidst the Rise of the Nu Variant Underscores Failing Vaccination Strategy |
* [[https://covexit.com/dr-shankara-chetty-interview-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-omicron/|Dec 21, 2021]] [[:Jean-Pierre Kiekens]] of [[:COVEXIT]]: Dr. Shankara Chetty Interview: All You Need to Know about the [[https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=sars-cov-2_variants_of_interest|Omicron variant]]. | * [[https://covexit.com/dr-shankara-chetty-interview-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-omicron/|Dec 21, 2021]] [[:Jean-Pierre Kiekens]] of [[:COVEXIT]]: Dr. Shankara Chetty Interview: All You Need to Know about the [[https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=sars-cov-2_variants_of_interest|Omicron variant]]. |
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| ===== Omicron Infection Characteristics ===== |
| * [[https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2202092|Duration of Shedding of Culturable Virus in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (BA.1) Infection]] |
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===== SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron: The Phylogenetic Tree ===== | ===== SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron: The Phylogenetic Tree ===== |
However, as new "sub-variants" of SARS-Omicron allegedly emerged through the first half of 2022, mainstream reporting warned that everyone was likely to be reinfected regardless of vaccination or prior infection status.((Irfan, U. (2022, July 17). //BA.5 doesn’t care that you just had COVID-19.// Vox. https://archive.ph/dWMda)) | However, as new "sub-variants" of SARS-Omicron allegedly emerged through the first half of 2022, mainstream reporting warned that everyone was likely to be reinfected regardless of vaccination or prior infection status.((Irfan, U. (2022, July 17). //BA.5 doesn’t care that you just had COVID-19.// Vox. https://archive.ph/dWMda)) |
===== Questions About Vaccine Efficacy ===== | ===== Questions About Vaccine Efficacy ===== |
| In January of 2022, [[:Bill Gates]] spoke saying that the [[:COVID-19 vaccines]] were not durable and that Omicron might turn the [[:COVID-19 endemic]].((January 15, 2022 | Naveen Athrappully | [[:The Epoch Times]] | Vaccines Not Durable, Omicron Might Turn COVID-19 Endemic: Bill Gates |
* A pre-print study found that "two doses of COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to protect against infection by Omicron. A third dose provides some protection in the immediate term, but substantially less than against Delta."((Buchan, S. A., Chung, H., Brown, K. A., Austin, P. C., Fell, D. B., Gubbay, J. B., Nasreen, S., Schwartz, K. L., Sundaram, M. E., Tadrous, M., Wilson, K., Wilson, S. E., & Kwong, J. C. (2022). //Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron or Delta infection.// medRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.30.21268565)) | * A pre-print study found that "two doses of COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to protect against infection by Omicron. A third dose provides some protection in the immediate term, but substantially less than against Delta."((Buchan, S. A., Chung, H., Brown, K. A., Austin, P. C., Fell, D. B., Gubbay, J. B., Nasreen, S., Schwartz, K. L., Sundaram, M. E., Tadrous, M., Wilson, K., Wilson, S. E., & Kwong, J. C. (2022). //Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron or Delta infection.// medRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.30.21268565)) |
* December 13, 2021, [[https://truthjournalist.com/2021/12/13/cdc-announces-79-of-all-us-omicron-cases-have-occurred-in-vaccinated-individuals/|TruthJournalist]] reports that the CDC released a report showing 79% of Omicron COVID-19 cases were among the fully vaccinated who made up less than 60% of the U.S. population, suggesting an odds ratio between 2.5 and 3 (that those vaccinated were more likely to get sick from Omicron than the rest of the population). | * December 13, 2021, [[https://truthjournalist.com/2021/12/13/cdc-announces-79-of-all-us-omicron-cases-have-occurred-in-vaccinated-individuals/|TruthJournalist]] reports that the CDC released a report showing 79% of Omicron COVID-19 cases were among the fully vaccinated who made up less than 60% of the U.S. population, suggesting an odds ratio between 2.5 and 3 (that those vaccinated were more likely to get sick from Omicron than the rest of the population). |
* [[https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/33-out-of-34-hospitalized-omicron|Dec 24, 2021]] 97% of hospitalized at Delhi hospital are fully vaccinated. | * [[https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/33-out-of-34-hospitalized-omicron|Dec 24, 2021]] 97% of hospitalized at Delhi hospital are fully vaccinated. |
* Dec 26, 2021 - In Denmark, the vaccinated are more likely to catch omicron.((December 26, 2021 | Bruce O'Hara | [[https://bruceohara.substack.com/p/the-smoking-gun?utm_source=url&s=r|The Smoking Gun]])) | * Dec 26, 2021 - In Denmark, the vaccinated are more likely to catch omicron.((December 26, 2021 | Bruce O'Hara [[https://bruceohara.substack.com/p/the-smoking-gun?utm_source=url&s=r|The Smoking Gun]])) |
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Pfizer CEO [[:Albert Bourla]] says that an omicron-specific vaccine will be ready in March, 2022.((January 10, 2022 | Interview at [[:Yahoo]] Finance | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhMbKyDq9_w|Pfizer CEO: New COVID-19 vaccine that covers Omicron ‘will be ready in March']])) | Pfizer CEO [[:Albert Bourla]] says that an omicron-specific vaccine would be ready in March 2022.((January 10, 2022 | Interview at [[:Yahoo]] Finance | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhMbKyDq9_w|Pfizer CEO: New COVID-19 vaccine that covers Omicron ‘will be ready in March']])) However, weeks later, such vaccines were not ready. |
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| * May 3, 2023: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230507065406/https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.05.01.538516v2.full|Repeated Omicron infection alleviates SARS-CoV-2 immune imprinting]] |
===== Absurdities of Omicron ===== | ===== Absurdities of Omicron ===== |
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