Take a look at her latest BS Board:
Seems pretty damning to the cause, right? Using a CDC Mortality Report, Wendy is "proving" that:
Natural Immunity Protects Against Reinfection & Hospitalization
Um. Not when you actually look at that damn report. Here's a screen shot:
Notice anything?
The data stops at November, 2021.
Gee, Wendy. Has there been any change or variation in the virus since November, 2021?
Wait, let me answer that for you. It only took me a minute so it'll probably save Brock an hour out of his busy day assisting you.
Take a look at this from the CDC:
The B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) was first detected in specimens collected on November 11, 2021, in Botswana and on November 14 in South Africa; the first confirmed case of Omicron in the United States was identified in California on December 1, 2021. [Emphasis added.]
So basically none of the data from the study you cite to prove "NATURAL IMMUNITY PROTECTS US!" is about the Omicron variant.
None of it, Wendy.
And what's happened since?
This:
The extremely transmissible Omicron variant is spreading quickly across the United States, making up a vast majority of U.S. cases after becoming dominant in the week before Christmas.And:
In New York City, Boston and Chicago — cities with some of the country’s earliest Omicron surges — deaths have followed cases at a slightly reduced scale than in previous peaks. But because of the extraordinarily high case count, even a proportionally lower death toll from the current case curve in the United States could be devastating.
In early-hit cities, hospitals are seeing more patients testing positive for Covid-19 than at any time last year. Because of the sheer infectiousness of the Omicron variant, many who arrive at the hospital for other ailments test positive for the coronavirus. Some doctors have also said that patients who do have Covid as a primary diagnosis are faring better than during previous waves.
Even so, the number of Covid-19 patients who need intensive care or mechanical ventilation is approaching levels not seen since last winter. And the sheer number of patients is overwhelming to hospitals, where staffing shortages are putting health care workers under immense strain.
This is from about 2 weeks ago. How did you miss it? You used to be an award winning journalist. How did you miss this?
And as far as protection due to previous Covid infection, there's this:
While it likely provides protection against severe disease, immunity from previous infections does little to hinder infections with Omicron. The first clues that Omicron could evade immunity came from South Africa, where scientists estimate that at least 70 percent of people have had Covid-19 at some point in the pandemic. An unexpectedly large fraction of Omicron cases involved people who had previously been infected.
When Omicron surged in England, British researchers similarly found that many people infected with the new variant had already survived Covid. The researchers estimated that the risk of reinfection with Omicron was about five times that of other variants.
So Wendy. Someone stumbling across your BS Board might come away with the (incorrect) notion that were infected by Covid previously (either in its original or in a variant) they would be protected from Omicron now.
And that would be false, wouldn't it?
By presenting this BS as a complete fact, you're putting people's health at risk, Wendy.
Doesn't that mean anything to you at all?
When you go to sleep at night, do you ever wonder how many people ended up in the hospital simply because they trusted you? Or how many of those many have died?
How do you sleep after wondering that?
This is why you are The Angel of Death.
