Here is some related research from Japan to support some of that.
An infectivity-enhancing site on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is targeted by COVID-19 patient antibodies
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.18.423358v1
Basically it is this... the spike protein is what covid uses to enter the cell. First red flag!
again a red flag, the warning above this text:
(bolding mine)bioRxiv is receiving many new papers on coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. A reminder: these are preliminary reports that have not been peer-reviewed. They should not be regarded as conclusive, guide clinical practice/health-related behavior, or be reported in news media as established information
another red flag:
Osaka Univ. and HuLA immune Inc. filed a patent related to this study. YL, YS, and HA are inventors of the patent. YS is an employee of HuLA immune Inc. HA and YS are stock holders of HuLA immune.
A(ntibody-)D(ependent) E(nhancement) is a real worry, and of course the scare mongering antivax community wil jump on that.
It apparently has done the rounds on social media, so it is not a big surprise it raises it's head here.
But also vaccine researchers are aware of this, and test their candidates for this.
Correct me if i am wrong, but most of the studies quoted will establish the phenomena of ADE exists, but that is all.
Can you point to reliable evidence that ADE was caused by one of the current vaccines? Remember millions have been vaccinated already, and not a single case has been found so far.
This will produce what is called vaccine enhanced disease.
How can you say that with this kind of certainty?
Her are a few articles that put the real danger into perspective:
What is “Antibody-Dependent Enhancement”? What does it have to do with viral infections? Is there an actual danger of ADE from vaccines against COVID-19?
From the article:
ADE is a phenomenon seen in some viral diseases when reinfection can occasionally lead to a more severe form of the disease. There was a concern that this phenomenon would also occur with COVID-19, and so the subject was studied extensively by many specialists.
So far, the phenomenon was not seen in humans; not in the known cases of reinfection of the disease, not in plasma treatments given to recovering patients, not in the phase 3 trials of the vaccines performed on tens of thousands of people and not during the wide-scale vaccination drives worldwide. Follow up is still regularly performed, of course, among the infected, recovered, and vaccinated populations, and further tests are being conducted in animals in order to rule out unpleasant surprises.
It is important to remember that COVID-19 is a new disease. With more new variants of the disease spreading, we could further examine if any ADE cases occur when people are reinfected with different variants of the virus. So far, initial findings regarding the British variant, for example, have not reported ADE among those infected by it.
Although it cannot be unequivocally determined that the risk of ADE is nonexistent, as of today our findings show that it is unlikely, and the chances are slim. However, the danger of the disease itself and the damage it can cause, even for those who are not in a risk group, has been documented countless times.
or this one:
Antibody-Dependent Enhancement and the Coronavirus Vaccines
From the article:
So here’s the short version: no sign of ADE during the preclinical animal studies. No sign during the human clinical trials. No sign during the initial vaccine rollouts into the population. And (so far) no sign of ADE even with the variant strains in different parts of the world. We have things to worry about in this pandemic, but as far as I can tell today, antibody-dependent enhancement does not seem to be one of them. I understand why people would worry about it, and want to avoid it. But if you’re coming across reports that say that it’s a real problem right now and that you should avoid getting vaccinated because of it, well, I just don’t see it. Some of that is well-intentioned caution, and some of it is probably flat-out anti-vaccine scaremongering. Anyone with different data or different impressions, well, that’s why the comments are open around here!
Translation: "i am still trawling for antivax posts on facebook"I'm still looking into this, but this is what I can say for now.
Speaking personally, given the evidence and especially lack of evidence there is no reason to play Russian roulette in this experiment against a virus that is only a worry for some. Especially when a much safer alternative, ivermectin, is showing growing support and evidence.
Ivermectin is a dud.
Whatever it helps, is not enough to make a dent in the infections.
and there are serious concerns about side effects:
Although ivermectin is generally well tolerated at doses authorised for other indications, side effects could increase with the much higher doses that would be needed to obtain concentrations of ivermectin in the lungs that are effective against the virus. Toxicity when ivermectin is used at higher than approved doses therefore cannot be excluded.
Yes! the irresponsible fear mongering of the antivax community is almost criminal.Fear is driving this whole thing in all aspects.
It is preventing the eradication of measles, and it is going to have a real death toll in the case of Covid.
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