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In reply to the discussion: Vaccination question not asked by the MSM [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,830 posts)42. Then I'll just fall back on the reason that the question isn't being asked
is because there is no science-based theory on which it makes sense.
In response to similar anti-vaccine concerns:
Some parents worry about overloading a child's immune system. But parents don't need to be concerned about this. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that babies' immune systems can handle the number of recommended vaccines (aap.org) according to the vaccination schedule because they are exposed to multiple germs on a daily basis. A healthy baby's immune system can accommodate multiple vaccinations. In fact, babies' immune systems can respond to approximately 100,000 organisms at once. The antigens in vaccines use only a small fraction of a baby's immune system response. Childhood immunizations are recommended to children at a susceptible young age after immunity from their mother wears off. Again, there is more harm in not vaccinating your baby. See:The Harm of Delaying or Skipping.
The only thing different with COVID 19 is that other vaccines inject dead or live attenuated virtses. The mRNA vaccines fool your body into making cells that mimic SARS COV-2 by manufacturing protein spikes that attach to cells in your body. Your body then reacts to those cells as if they were SARS COV-2.
Just as with infants, your body uses only a small fraction of your immune system response, and does not impair its ability to respond to infections in the immediate aftermath of the first vaccine.
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Here is a report of hospitalization of a fully vaccinated person - i think it's a good question
womanofthehills
Mar 2021
#56
Some scientists have said that because the spike protein is so specific it dominates your natural
womanofthehills
Mar 2021
#57
So in the short term the vaccine can suppress the mechanism of the virus in a different way?
Shermann
Mar 2021
#52
Direct opposition? Not really, there is a huge 11 day hole in this rebuttal of yours
Shermann
Mar 2021
#66
Your immune system, esp. soreness of your arm, is also responding to the adjuvants in the vaccine
womanofthehills
Mar 2021
#61
So your assertion is that the protection goes straight up immediately following the first shot?
Shermann
Mar 2021
#21
If I told you that I am an expert, you'd really have no way to verify it, would you?
LisaL
Mar 2021
#30
So your assertion stands because if you supported it, the support couldn't be verified?
Shermann
Mar 2021
#36