Updated 2022-04-27 at 1:00 p.m.
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Ontario Cases by Vaccination Status
We are being told by Public Health and the Mainstream Media to get vaccinated and to get booster after booster. They do say being vaccinated does not keep you from becoming infected with Covid-19. Well it seems that is true.
As one can see from the graph below Ontario Government numbers COVID-19 Vaccine Data in Ontario – Hospitalizations by vaccination status – Ontario Data Catalogue shows clearly for some period of time that fully vaccinated individuals are hospitalized more often than any others.
On April 27, 2022 for instance 1,076 fully vaccinated people are in hospital compared to 225 unvaccinated and 65 partially vaccinated. Also on this date 112 fully vaccinated people are in ICU versus 29 unvaccinated and 5 partially vaccinated.
Vaccine Doses
Many vaccines need more than one dose to be effective but none that I can see need more than 2 or 3 in total which would mean rarely is a booster needed after the first two doses. So why is Public Health pushing so many boosters for Covid-19?
According to Jason C. Gallagher, PharmD, FCCP, FIDP, FIDSA, BCPS, clinical professor at Temple University’s School of Pharmacy and clinical specialist in infectious diseases, boosters are common.
“Most vaccines that are given in the U.S. require several doses to render immunity,” Gallagher tells Verywell. “I like to think of [a COVID-19 vaccine booster] as the third dose of a multi-dose series.”
While boosters are common, whether they’re necessary largely depends on the type of vaccine, Jeffrey Langland, PhD, virologist and professor at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, tells Verywell.
“Most vaccines that do not contain a live, attenuated (weakened) virus, typically require multiple doses or boosters,” Langland says.
One dose of some live vaccines can offer you a lifetime of protection against disease.7 Other live vaccines may require two doses, like the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) and chickenpox vaccines. Children typically get their first dose at 12–15 months old and their second (and final) dose between age 4–6.8
But other types, like inactivated vaccines, will need several doses over time to remain effective. Boosters are currently recommended for several vaccines—chances are you’ve likely received one in your lifetime.
Are Booster Shots Common for Vaccines? (verywellhealth.com)
So the Covid-19 vaccines, which are inactive, are not effective unless one gets booster after booster it seems. However, the statistics don’t support the effectiveness claim.
As one can see from the Graph above, more boosters seem to equate to more people testing positive. In fact, on 2022-04-27 boosted people had 1,943 testing positive while fully vaccinated people had 580 testing positive and 316 partially vaccinated tested positive with what they call unknown only testing positive 166 times.
Below is the breakdown of vaccinations by age. COVID-19 Vaccine Data in Ontario – COVID-19 Vaccine data by age – Ontario Data Catalogue
Conclusion
As one has seen in the data above vaccination does not mean no infection. In fact, it is clear that one can test positive whether vaccinated or not.
The data also shows that more vaccinated people are in hospital than unvaccinated including in ICU.
The data also shows that boosters seem to make one more vulnerable than not. I say this since the number of boosted people is about 18.5% of total doses which is not consistent with the positive results yet boosted people test positive more often.
Finally, I wonder if the purpose of booster after booster is to use up vaccine inventories rather than protecting the public.
COVID-19 vaccines in national stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows
Health Canada says almost 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines held in a national inventory have expired since January.
That includes more than 420,000 doses of Moderna’s Spikevax that hit the end of their shelf life on Tuesday. Those doses had already seen their expiration date pushed back two months.
The government says this is a relatively new issue because dose deliveries were aligned with demand until late last year. But uptake of vaccines has slowed even as governments and public health authorities urge people to get a booster shot.
Health Canada has revised expiration dates multiple times in the last year, as the companies that make the vaccines were able to get better data on how long the vaccines remained viable.
Pfizer’s shelf life was extended from six months to nine months last summer, and Moderna’s from seven months to nine months in December.
Mia Rabson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 14, 2022 7:57 AM ET | Last Updated: April 14 COVID-19 vaccines in national stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows | CBC News