Why boosters could be making Covid infections worse
'Think of a booster as a bad infection', scientist warns
“I’ve never heard of the word immune imprinting until you mentioned it,” said Professor Mark Morgan, in a Senate Committee hearing earlier this month.
Kind of stunning when you consider that Prof Morgan is a senior doctor and advisor on Australia’s National Clinical Evidence Taskforce for the treatment of Covid, and was at the hearing in his capacity as the Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Expert Committee for Quality Care.
Prof Morgan was responding to a question from Senator Gerard Rennick about why the medical profession continues to recommend boosting despite the known risks of immune imprinting, a concern raised even by Covid vaccine devotees like Dr Paul Offit.
Prof Morgan, who is a high-level advisor on Australia’s medical response to Covid, had never heard of this fairly basic immunological principle.
I actually laughed out in surprise when I heard the exchange taking place on the livestream, which inspired some insightful conversations with two scientists and a medical doctor for my latest article for Umbrella News.
Read: Sick With COVID Again? You Could Be Suffering From Immune Imprinting
Immune imprinting means your immune response is stuck in the past, explains scientist Dr Jessica Rose,
who has a Masters in immunology.“It’s a ‘first impressions matter’, kind of thing.”
“The immune response – once effective against a specific set of antigens in a pathogen – may become ‘stuck in the ‘80s’ to antigenically-similar pathogens that come from the ‘90s. Thus, the individual will not be producing the most effective antibodies against the ‘new’ antigens,” says Dr Rose.
The problem is, professionals on the vaccination frontline don't have much training in the specialist area of immunology, says Dr Julie Sladden MD.
“There has been a lot of trust from the doctors being placed in the regulation bodies and authorities to the point where I would say that a lot of doctors don’t understand the way the vaccines work, and the potential for adverse effects with repeated doses."
Molecular Biologist Dr Astrid Lefringhausen says that because the spike protein is toxic, people should “think of a booster like an infection, a very bad infection, and try to minimise exposure” - to both boosters and infections
So basically, boosters may be making Covid infections worse.
This would be important information to communicate to patients during the process of gaining informed consent before they proceed with their next booster. Do you think Australians are being given this information from their medical providers?
Read the latest on immune imprinting and immune tolerance:
Sick With COVID Again? You Could Be Suffering From Immune Imprinting
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Really not surprising a so called expert is found out to be lacking in the knowledge of their subject matter.
Seems endemic (pun intended) these days.
I wish I was stuck in the 80's.....