Some researchers are still trying to convince us that CV-19 vax is worth getting year-after-year-after-year. As I never tire of pointing out, the studies on effectiveness, which are used to justify the endless receipt of these vaccines, are fatally flawed from a total inability to sort out the effect of ongoing multiple CV-19 infections in just about every single American. The latest is a study from the VA allegedly assessing the 2024/25 version of the vaccine. Those who received the CV-19 and flu vax at the same time were compared to those who only got the flu one. Supposedly after 6 months the double-vaxed group had a 29% lower chance of having an ER visit for CV-19, a 39% lower chance of a hospitalization, and a 64% lower risk of a CV-19 death. Confidence intervals were extremely wide, showing how poor the association was. The effect was almost exclusively seen in older adults. The effectiveness showed the usual waning in a relatively short period of time. (NEJM Study)
Oh, and I should have mentioned, two of the researchers are Pfizer consultants.
“At 6 months of follow-up, the estimated vaccine effectiveness was 29.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 19.1 to 39.2) against Covid-19–associated emergency department visits (risk difference per 10,000 persons, 18.3; 95% CI, 10.8 to 27.6), 39.2% (95% CI, 21.6 to 54.5) against Covid-19–associated hospitalizations (risk difference per 10,000 persons, 7.5; 95% CI, 3.4 to 13.0), and 64.0% (95% CI, 23.0 to 85.8)”
A – 29% effectiveness seems a pathetically weak level of effectiveness
B – 39% effectiveness against hospitalization seem like a similar level of weak effectiveness
C – A 64% effectiveness against death seems contrived and not very valid
since the current risk of death, even for high risk individuals, is likely less than 0.1% (0.01% maybe?), then a 64% risk reduction doesnt seem very sucessful
following up on my comment, The current Sept/ october 2025 covid death rate in minnesota is about 0.00006% (annualized).
Thats much better odds than being on the streets of chicago!