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Engineer & Scientist. Breaks down Covid papers & data. Masked fitness series. All views expressed are my own, I speak from a US perspective. Not a Covid researcher nor a Covid scientist. youtube.com/@patrickthebiosteamist?si=FoWeCh6fdBWY5jEt
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ACIP member Robert Malone suggested on a stream that ACIP may restrict mRNA COVID vaccines.
“I’m not deaf to the calls that we need to get the COVID vaccine mRNA products off the market. All I can say is stay tuned & wait for the upcoming ACIP meeting.” www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-...
Introducing Angie Farella - RFK Jr.'s Latest Addition to ACIP: she wanted to use kids as buffers for COVID because she thought oher coronaviruses made them immune, she wanted to treat COVID with flu antivirals, and more. vaxopedia.org/2026/03/04/i... via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social
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ACIP Public Comments Due by March 12, 2026
Pinned post on my page will take you to the comment page on the federal registrar. Will also link it below.
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Comment on the ACIP - looks like the government is trying to pad the topic by using bots to write comments.
Live now - drafting ACIP public comment on Patreon.
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Drafting my ACIP public comment tomorrow - Covid “vaccine injury” and long Covid recommendation are 2 of the known things that will be discussed at the meeting.
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Text says "Have you heard of Immune Amnesia?If you haven’t (and even if you have), we’ll tell you about it.” In the corner is an image of a man scratching his head.
Important to understand first: When your body is exposed to certain germs that can cause diseases, your immune system builds a “memory” of them, so if you’re exposed to these germs again, your immune system recognizes them and knows how to fight them off. Your immune system also builds this memory when you get vaccinated, so you don’t have to get sick in order to protect yourself from future infections. Graphics show a shield with arms holding a sword and fighting off germs. Another graphic shows a vaccine vial
text says "Important to understand first: Immune amnesia means something has caused your body to lose, or “forget,” its memory of germs you’ve been exposed to before, meaning you’re more likely to get sick and to experience severe illness if you’re exposed to it again. Measles can cause your immune system to forget up to 73% of its memory. In other words, after having measles, you will be immune to measles, but may be at increased risk of other serious illnesses. Did you know? Measles is not the only virus that can harm your immune system. COVID-19 has also been found to cause long-term harm to your body’s ability to fight off illnesses, making you more likely to get sick and experience severe illness.” Graphics show a stick figure shivering with fear because the shield in front of him is broken, and now germs are reaching him. Two pie charts: one says “100% memory before” and the other shows “73% memory lost after"
Unfortunately, there’s no way to predict whose immune system will be most harmed by being sick. It can happen to anyone! The best way to avoid immune amnesia is to get vaccinated & take other steps to avoid getting sick So please remember, it is not a good idea to expose yourself to these viruses on purpose in order to build immunity! That is what vaccines are for. Getting sick makes you much more likely to hurt your immune system! Graphics of a vaccine, a mask, and an air purifier and open window symbolizing clean air
Did you know? Certain illnesses, like measles & COVID-19, can harm your immune system & make you more vulnerable to sickness later. Protect your immune system by getting vaccinated & avoiding getting sick! Learn more about measles & immune amnesia: www.healthychildren.org/English/tips...
This is all assuming we would adopt something similar in the US. I’m speaking from a US perspective, talking about limitations from its theoretic institution here.
I don’t know timetables for selection & the processes in the EU (where this combo vaccine was approved). They may have better timing.
Outside of this direct problem - it further prevents our ability to do 2x yearly updates to the Covid vaccines, which is strongly needed. One for the winter wave, one for the summer wave. You know, an appropriate utilization of the mRNA platform.
Indirectly, this may even reduce flu vaccinations.
Personally not a fan of this combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut model.
Irrespective of efficacy - tying the variant selection of the flu with the Covid variant selection, to me seems like we will have an abysmally matched covid vaccine to circulating variants with a March selection for the winter
Bonus paper review post blood donation today. ~1pm PST
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Covering this paper
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Going live at 12:15pm PST on Patreon
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Covering this paper on sperm impacts on early development from COVID infections
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That’s my guess/speculation from their phrase “Long Covid and ACIP recommendation methodology”.
No way to really know for sure until an actual agenda is posted :/
My money is also going to be on that.
Either that, or reclassifying long covid to not as broad of a thing. Maybe even both things.
Change the goalposts, change the prevalence. Classic in their playbook.
Last year VRBPAC for the Covid vaccine was in May.
I don’t see anything scheduled yet, but that’s when I would expect it to be for the next variant selection for the vaccine.
VRBPAC is where they will talk about updating it (different meeting).
I’ll take a look when that one is - should be in a month or two if I remember correctly.
Yeah, that is likely what they will try to do to make it not even a shared clinical decision-making recommendation.
The topic to be discussed was nested in the federal registrar.
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It sounds like they are going to focus on Covid vaccine injuries, and possibly try to redefine what long covid is during this meeting.
Definitely one to write in for.
“The agenda will include updates on ACIP Workgroups and discussions on COVID-19 vaccine injuries and Long-COVID and ACIP recommendation
methodology. Recommendation votes may be scheduled for COVID-19 vaccine injuries and Long-COVID and ACIP recommendation methodology. “
We have an update - ACIP meeting will be on March 18-19 with comments due by March 12th.
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Still no meeting agenda for topics covered posted.
How Jayvenile of him
“It’s a drain on society at every single level,”
—Avindra Nath, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one of the National Institutes of Health, on LongCovid
but sure, it's the people imploring others to prevent these issues who are the problem
In 2025, GISAID cut off access to many critical SARS-CoV-2 resources, incl. our outbreak.info.
A month ago, GISAID leveled accusations against us, Cov-Spectrum, Nextstrain, and members of COG-UK, which are false and misrepresent known facts.
Our joint response:
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text says "There’s no way to know which COVID-19 infection will cause long-term illness. Each new COVID-19 infection increases your risk of organ damage, Long COVID, and disability, even if you have no other health conditions that you know of, and even if your previous COVID-19 infections were mild or had no symptoms. Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19, no matter your age or health history. Wear masks. get vaccinated. keep indoor air clean.” Graphics on the side illustrate people getting sick repeatedly until eventually they end up with long-term illness.
Every time you get COVID-19, your risk increases for Long COVID, organ damage, disability, & more, & there’s no way to know which infection will be the one to cause it! Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19. Learn more about Long COVID: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/a...
Thanks ❤️ I’ve been very fortunate that it hasn’t been too bad.
Definitely could have been much worse.
Big BA.3.2 batch from Norway it reaches 80% in February
42/83 in the last batch , first spotted,as usual, by @josetteschoenma.bsky.social
Doesn’t get rid of my gluten reaction though unfortunately 🫠
