Israeli Study: Even Four Shots Not Enough to Stop the Mighty Omicron! By Brian Simpson
The Australian elites, especially those at the universities now moving to put into place their own vaccine mandates, should pay attention to Israel’s policies on Covid. A recent study has found that even four jabs did not prevent people from becoming infected with Omicron. The mainstream response is to go for infinity jabs rather than make the logical deduction, of the limitations of the vaccines.
- “Four vaccine shots didn’t stop people from catching Omicron, an official from an Israeli trial said.
- The trial compared people with a fourth dose to those with three, and found little difference.
- The vaccines are still reducing the risk of hospitalization from Omicron, per previous data.
A landmark Israeli trial is expected to show that four shots of vaccine didn’t stop infection by the Omicron variant, according to a study official
While the extra dose — of either Pfizer of Moderna vaccine — seemed to have some effect, rates of infection in the study were not substantially different to those who had three doses of Pfizer, the study official said.
Gili Regev-Yochay, a lead investigator on the study, told reporters that “the vaccine is excellent against the Alpha and Delta,” but the study found that “for Omicron, it’s not good enough,” The Times of Israel reported Monday evening.
The investigator did not release data from the trial, noting that the results are preliminary. But she said she shared the early findings as there was a large public interest, per The Times of Israel.
The findings, if confirmed and vetted by other scientists after publication, could bolster calls for the development of a new version of the COVID-19 vaccines. Some new types of vaccines are already in the early stages of development.
The Israeli trial, launched by the Sheba Medical Center a month ago, is investigating the effect of the Pfizer booster in 154 people and the Moderna booster in 120 people, per Reuters.
It found that there was an “increase in antibodies” among those who got the fourth shot.
But Regev-Yochay said: “we see many infected with Omicron who received the fourth dose. Granted, a bit less than in the control group, but still a lot of infections,” per the Times of Israel.
The control group were people who had three doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
About 500,000 fourth shots of vaccine had been administered in Israel as of Sunday, per the Times of Israel.”
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