Friday, August 13, 2021

Some Questions on COVID

 The following are questions I hear frequently. We have some answers and we still have gaps.

1.     What is COVID

2.     How Does it Infect the Human

3.     Are all Humans the Same Regarding COVID Infections

4.     How Does it Replicate

5.     What Damage Does COVID Do

6.     What is a Vaccine

7.     What are Antibodies

8.     What are Memory T Cells

9.     How Does the Vaccine Work

10.  What are the different types of vaccines

11.  What are the adverse effects of the vaccines and why

12.  Who may be at risk taking the vaccine

13.  If I am vaccinated can I still get COVID

14.  If I am vaccinated can I still infect others

15.  Do vaccines cause or enhance certain auto immune disorders

16.  Are Immunocompromised individuals at risk from the vaccine

17.  Is the risk to immunocompromised individuals higher from the vaccine or from the virus

18.  How Long Does a Vaccine Immunity Last

19.  Why Does the FDA Take so Long to Approve the Vaccine

20.  What Are Possible Sequellae to Infection

21.  How can COVID be Treated

22.  What are Possible Sequellae to Vaccines

23.  What is a Variant

24.  How are Variants Created

25.  How Does Vaccine Deal with a Variant

26.  How Can Variants be Eliminated

27.  Should there be Booster Immunizations on a Periodic Basis

28.  Can the vaccines be adjusted for the different variants

29.  Why is the variant adjusted vaccines not of prime concern

30.  Is there Herd Immunity

31.  What is Natural Immunity

32.  How is COVID Transfered

33.  Do Masks Work

34.  Why does the CDC not provide prompt and comprehensive data on the pandemic

35.  Why does the FDA appear to be so ineffective under the current administration as compared to the previous one