Briefly Noted: Israeli Study Raises Boost Injection Effectiveness Questions

This morning Robert Malone highlighted this new study from Israel. You can read it all at the link. The methodology of the study is of interest:

The paper describes an analysis based on data published on November 1, 2021, by the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) on its control dashboard about returning Israelis through the national airport. The data include the respective numbers of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated individuals and the number of positive COVID-19 cases identified in each group.

Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD

"Green Pass and COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots in Israel – A More ‘Realistic’ Empirical Assessment Analyzing the National Airport Data" (preprint)

papers.ssrn.comGreen Pass and COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots in Israel – A More ‘Realistic’ Empirical Assessment Analyzing the National Airport DataThe paper describes an analysis based on data published on November 1, 2021, by the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) on its control dashboard about returning Is

The point is this. The expectation for these boost injections of the experimental gene therapy medication was that the injections would prove to be highly protective—like, “over 90%.” Stop me if you’ve heard this before! Haha! I’ll continue!

The long and the short of the study is that it projects a 60% protective rating—at best. In my understanding, “at best” means: don’t be surprised if it’s less. So, if 60% is the best you can expect, at that point you may really be talking about a coin flip. Or maybe not even that.

Here’s the bottom line from the abstract:

The analysis suggests that the relative protection of the booster shot against infection is likely to be significantly smaller than the initial estimates of 10-11-fold (over 90%) reported by the MOH, probably around 60% at best. This also implies that the absolute number of infected individuals in the Vaccinated group is likely to be at least as high as in the Unvaccinated, raising serious concerns that the new Green Pass [Vax Passport] is inefficient in preventing infection spread, and could expose high risk individuals to risk.

Doubling down on failed policies. And they just won’t stop.