There are studies, and then there are conclusions.

Regardless of content, studies on COVID-19 always seem to come to the same conclusion: vaccinate, vaccinate more.

Case in point, researchers in Palestine recently ran a study (September to October 2021) on seropravalence in the West Bank “irrespective of the source”. 1451 individuals were randomly selected for participation and were asked a series of questions. After which, individuals were given the option to have an antibody test (911 said yes). Respondents were classified as being in one of four different groups:

1. Those who self-identified as getting infected with COVID-19 who got vaccinated

2. Those who self-identified as getting infected with COVID-19 who did not get vaccinated

3. Those who self-identified as not getting infected with COVID-19 who got vaccinated

4. Those who self-identified as not getting infected with COVID-19 who did not get vaccinated

The researchers first tested for nucleocapsid (N) antibodies and if not detected then tested for spike (S) antibodies. Interestingly, they omitted the data on how many vaccinated, but not infected individuals tested positive for N antibodies choosing instead to just label the results as “positive for antibodies”. An interesting omission indeed.

In any case, the researchers found that around 45% of the unvaccinated individuals that said they never had COVID-19 had antibodies. They believe the reason for such a discrepancy is due to a high rate of asymptomatic cases in the unvaccinated. One might think, of course, that such a result makes sense if the vaccine is effective. If there were no asymptomatic cases, according to the self-reported results, the vaccine would have only been 29.5%¹ effective. Yet with the antibody results, assuming the vaccinated only have antibodies from the vaccine, the effectiveness is 77.8%².

Aha. Score one for the vaccines during the delta wave? But hold on now. Wait just one second.

We have been hearing for months now that the vaccines protect against “severe disease”. If the vaccine performs such a feat, why are almost all the cases in the unvaccinated asymptomatic? Why would all the cases in the vaccinated be symptomatic? Is the entire argument that the vaccine protects against severe disease a red herring?

Wouldn’t the natural assumption be that even more of the vaccinated cases were asymptomatic meaning the vaccine effectiveness in the West Bank, even during the delta wave, was even less than 29.5%? Possibly significantly less if the protection against severe disease is actually meaningfully strong?

Otherwise, if the virus is so mild that 68.6%³ of the unvaccinated population that had the virus did not even know it, then why do we even need a vaccination?

Consider that 31.4% of the population already had the virus. The vaccination during delta was either:

1. Effective against transmission, but negatively effective against severe disease

2. Ineffective against transmission with no effect on severe disease, meaning a majority⁴ of the population had already been infected

3. Completely ineffective against transmission but effective against severe disease, meaning the vast majority⁵ of the population had already been infected

Vaccination, in any case, serves absolutely no purpose, fundamentally. Even worse, this paper was written after the omicron wave when vaccines have been proven not to work.

What did the researchers essentially conclude? Vaccinate, vaccinate more.

Give me a break.

1. 60 of 496 vaccinated individuals self-identified as having the virus, 71 of 414 unvaccinated self-identified as having the virus. (1-((60/496)/(71/414)))*100 = 29.5%

2. 155 unvaccinated individuals who self-identified as not having the virus tested positive for antibodies. (1-((60/496)/(226/414)))*100 = 77.8%

3. (155/226)*100 = 68.6%

4. 45.2% of the unvaccinated population self-identified as not having had the virus yet had antibodies. If the vaccinated population was asymptomatic at the same rate (.452*436)=197, then (483/911)*100 = 53% of the population would have been infected already.

5. Depending on the level of effectiveness, somewhere between 53 to 100% of the population would have been infected.