Are You Going To Get The Omicron Booster?

The Omicron booster is out and being heavily promoted by the Biden administration and the public health bureaucracy.

In fact, Joe Biden's Covid response coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, said this when the new booster was first rolled out several weeks ago. His recommendation was to get your Covid booster in one arm and a flu shot in the other.

Source: https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/wh-covid-head-god-gave-us-two-arms-to-get-double-shots/

Of course, I am still trying to figure out how the new booster was authorized for emergency use after only being tested for efficacy on eight mice at a time when Biden himself has admitted the pandemic is over.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62959089

We are told to not be concerned about the 8 mice because the CDC and FDA tell us that human trials are ongoing.

According to documents on the CDC website, human tests of Moderna's version of the new booster are still "ongoing." Right now, there is only final evidence from  "8-10 mice" per group."

The FDA's website shows for Pfizer the agency also relayed on the final study evidence from "8 mice." But human trials are also ongoing. So far, the new boosters "showed a similar local reaction and systemic event profile." That means side effects appear to be about the same including "mild to moderate injection site pain, fatigue, and muscle pain."

How has the uptake gone for the new Omicron booster?

It is early but it does not appear that there are millions of people lining up to get jabbed again thus far.

This CDC graph shows total daily vaccine doses delivered since they were first introduced in December, 2020.

Source: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends

 

Since the new boosters have been made available total vaccine doses are running about 250,000 per day.

Within the first couple of weeks when the Covid vaccines were first made available the uptake was running about 1 million doses per day and that is when vaccines supplies were still too low for broad distribution.

When the first boosters were made available widely last October we were seeing about 1,500,000 doses per day.

At first glance it appears that a lot of Americans are not buying what is being sold by the Biden administration and the public health bureaucracy.

One prominent vaccine advocate has come out and stated he will not personally take the Omicron booster until he sees more data.

Dr. Paul Offit is Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania and also sits on the FDA's Vaccine Advisory Committee.

Offit voted against a general authorization of the Omicron boosters at the FDA meeting in August on the new vaccines.

Offit is merely balancing benefits and risks of the vaccine which is what everybody should have been doing from the very beginning.

I find it particularly interesting to contrast the U.S. approach about the new boosters compared to some other countries around the world.

In Denmark, the official recommendation now is that no one under the age of 50 will be offered Covid vaccinations except those who are particularly vulnerable.

Source: https://www.sst.dk/en/english/corona-eng/vaccination-against-covid-19

Denmark is also no longer allowing any children under age 18 to receive the Covid vaccines except in very rate circumstances.

 

Source: https://www.sst.dk/en/english/corona-eng/vaccination-against-covid-19

Is Denmark ignoring "the science"?

What is particularly interesting is New Zealand, which previously had the most draconian Covid policies imaginable, and which mass vaccinated almost everyone, has reversed course with the new boosters.

When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was asked at a recent press conference about the new Omicron Covid boosters she had a rather shocking answer.

“There’s not many who are going down that track.”

Is New Zealand ignoring "the science"as well?

Are you going to get the Omicron booster?

My advice is the same as I gave in January, 2021 in a blog post entitled, "Are You Going To Get The Vaccine?" right after the Covid vaccines were first introduced.

 

The biggest misconception I see in people regarding the vaccine is that they believe it will prevent them from being infected with Covid or if loved ones are vaccinated it will prevent the transmission of the virus to them. This would seem to be an obvious assumption and a primary reason to get the vaccine.

Incredibly, there is no evidence that any of the Covid vaccines will prevent transmission of the virus.

As I wrote when these vaccines were under development, that was never a stated objective or goal of the vaccines. They merely were intended to minimize the symptoms if you get the infection. For myself, I am taking a wait and see attitude on whether I am going to get the vaccine.

I think a lot of questions will be answered about the true efficacy of the vaccines as well as their safety over the next 6-12 months.

Right now I would also feel more comfortable waiting for the vaccines that have been developed using the more traditional development methods and avoiding the mRNA vaccines.

The only thing I know for sure is that the media and the "experts" have painted the most negative and dangerous narrative they could involving Covid-19. They are also portraying the vaccines in the most positive light they can.

Neither narrative should be trusted. The risks of Covid to most people is a much smaller than most are led to believe. At the same time, the benefits of the vaccine are much less and there also can be real risks attached to these vaccines that should not be overlooked.

The truth undoubtedly lies somewhere in the middle but it is next to impossible for the average person to decipher what it is. 

My advice to anybody is to do as much research as you can. Don't take anything you are told at face value. Make sure you understand the risks and benefits of the vaccines. 

If you do that you will be in a much better position to make an informed decision on whether you should get the vaccine.

Yes, I really wrote this a month after the Covid vaccines were first introduced.

With the benefit of almost two years of hindsight, whose advice on the topic was more honest, informed and accurate?

Dr. Fauci or BeeLine?

I will let you you be the judge of that.