Mixing vaccines is even BETTER for you????
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Don't forget I shave my head! LOL.Come on Pete, even if you had messy hair in the morning, a PCR test would have told you that you had covid!
Covid diagnosis was becoming a joke. People who died of anything but covid all the sudden had covid as cause of death....
Could you kindly humor me for 1 post and pick a week between Feb 1st 2021 and Mar 18th 2021?
It probably is, but probably not so much better that it is worth making it policy.
Yes, you've made it very clear you don't understand what herd immunity is or how it works.
And what interesting game is this?
And now the WHO is saying this: https://www.cp24.com/news/who-urges...xing-and-matching-covid-19-vaccines-1.5505975
This is after countless "experts" told CP24 its perfectly okay to mix one brand of vaccine with another brand of vaccine.
See what I mean?? Half these "experts" are clueless
This is after countless "experts" told CP24 its perfectly okay to mix one brand of vaccine with another brand of vaccine.
See what I mean?? Half these "experts" are clueless
At least the WHO admitted that mixing vaccines is in the evidence free zone. I call that progress.
Apparently neither does the WHO
Mixing COVID-19 vaccines a ‘dangerous trend,’ WHO chief scientist says - National | Globalnews.ca
Canada has been mixing COVID-19 vaccine doses since June, after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization approved the idea.
globalnews.ca
Lol! It is because of the constantly shifting "science" that I am relying on my early exposure to Covid and taking my sweet time getting vaccinated.
You should try watching the actual clip and not listen to the news media which prioritizes sensationalist reporting for clicks.
Turns out my guess that this was being misrepresented is correct.
What a surprise.
Right, and many experts have previously said its 100% safe to mix & match different vaccines.
So who's right, the "experts" or the WHO??
The government of Canada: https://www.cp24.com/news/canadian-...vaccine-strategy-after-who-comments-1.5505975
In a statement to CP24.com Monday evening, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada said the NACI weighed a number of factors in making its recommendations.
“NACI reviewed all available evidence from ongoing studies monitoring the mixing of COVID-19 vaccines,” the statement read. “NACI also considered the risk of Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) associated with COVID-19 viral vector vaccines, Canada’s current and projected mRNA (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) vaccine supply and principles of ethical decision-making. Updated recommendations were based on the current evidence and NACI’s expert opinion.”
Speaking to reporters Monday, Canada’s Procurement Minister Anita Anand said that she and her family have taken mixed doses based on the recommendation of Canadian scientists and health authorities.
“For our part at the federal government, we will continue to follow the science and we will continue to bring in vaccines, so that there is sufficient supply, regardless of what the recommendations are from the scientists,” she said.
While there have not been any studies specifically examining mixing and matching Pfizer and Moderna, the NACI said it was basing its recommendation on sound principles of vaccinology and the fact that both vaccines have very similar efficacy and side effects and function in a very similar way.
“No data currently exist on the interchangeability of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines,” the NACI said in its recommendation. “However, there is no reason to believe that mRNA vaccine series completion with a different authorized mRNA vaccine product will result in any additional safety issues or deficiency in protection.”
In a tweet, infectious disease specialist Dr. Abdu Sharkawy said the WHO statement should not be taken as a factual assertion that mixing vaccines is not safe.
“Let's be clear. This does NOT mean that mix/match is not effective or safe,” Sharkawy wrote. “Certainly enough emerging data to support both. But decisions should be guided locally, regionally by PH (public health units)/medical expertise not individuals.”
And also the Ontario government: https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-...g-covid-19-vaccines-dangerous-trend-1.5506389
The Ontario government has issued a statement after the World Health Organization’s chief scientist called mixing COVID-19 vaccines a "dangerous trend."
The World Health Organization's Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday that she advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers.
The comments were made by Swaminathan while she was discussing booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine during an online briefing.
"It's a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as mix and match," Swaminathan said.
"It will be a chaotic situation in countries if citizens start deciding when and who will be taking a second, a third and a fourth dose."
In a statement to CTV News Toronto on Monday, Carly Luis, the director of communications for Health Minister Christine Elliott, said Ontario will continue mixing vaccine doses.
"Ontario continues to follow the advice of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), which recommends that it is safe to mix vaccines based on studies from the UK, Spain and Germany that have found that mixing vaccines is safe and produces a strong immune response," Luis said
The Ontario government has issued a statement after the World Health Organization’s chief scientist called mixing COVID-19 vaccines a "dangerous trend."
The World Health Organization's Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday that she advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers.
The comments were made by Swaminathan while she was discussing booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine during an online briefing.
"It's a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as mix and match," Swaminathan said.
"It will be a chaotic situation in countries if citizens start deciding when and who will be taking a second, a third and a fourth dose."
In a statement to CTV News Toronto on Monday, Carly Luis, the director of communications for Health Minister Christine Elliott, said Ontario will continue mixing vaccine doses.
"Ontario continues to follow the advice of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), which recommends that it is safe to mix vaccines based on studies from the UK, Spain and Germany that have found that mixing vaccines is safe and produces a strong immune response," Luis said
They looked at it and stand by their decision.
Nowhere do they say "This is 100% safe". As far as I know, no one has ever said that about anything, because it would be a silly thing to say.
Let me rephrase, its obviously not 100% safe, but the Canadian govt clearly said mix & matching vaccines is safe to do so, and they will continue to do so. While the WHO said the exact opposite, they do not feel its safe to mix & match until further studies have been conducted
I asked "who" because you said experts had said it was 100% safe.
Glad you are backing off of that.
As for the rest, I see you didn't bother to actually watch the clip or to see the clarification WHO put out because people have been reporting this incorrectly.
WHO supports the Canadian mix and match approach.
